Meet the editor

Dr. Michael S. Firstenberg is a board-certified thoracic surgeon practicing adult cardiac surgery at the Medical Center of Aurora (Colorado, USA) where he serves at the Chief of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. He currently holds adjunct appointments in the Colleges of Medicine and Graduate Studies at Northeast Ohio Medical University and serves on the teaching faculty at the Rocky Vista University. He attended Case Western Reserve University

Medical School, received his general surgery training at university hospitals in Cleveland, and completed a fellowship in thoracic surgery at the Ohio State University. He also obtained advanced training in heart failure surgical therapies at the Cleveland Clinic. He is an active member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Cardiology, and American College of Academic International Medicine (for which he is a founding fellow). He currently serves as Chair of the American College of Cardiology Credentialing and Member Services Committee as well as being active on several other national society committees. He is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters. He has edited several textbooks on topics ranging from medical leadership, patient safety, endocarditis, and extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation—all of which include topics that he has lectured on worldwide.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

*and Ryan Szilagyi*

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

ECMO Program Structure **11**

**Chapter 2 13**

 **Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 71**

Special Applications **89**

**Chapter 6 91**

Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal for the Exacerbation of Chronic

Clinical and Administrative Steps to the ECMO Program Development *by Dianne McCallister, Linda Pilon, Joseph Forrester, Samer Alsaleem, Chakradhar Kotaru, Jennifer Hanna, Gregory Hickey, Rachele Roberts,* 

Finding a Bridge to Somewhere: An Ethical Framework for Veno-Arterial

Introductory Chapter: ECMO – Rapidly Evolving Technology,

Expanding Indications, and Growing Challenges *by Michael S. Firstenberg and Jennifer M. Hanna*

Nursing Implications in the ECMO Patient

*by Alex Botsch, Elizabeth Protain, Amanda R. Smith* 

*Erica Douglass, Matthew Libby and Michael S. Firstenberg*

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Decisions

Echocardiography Evaluation in ECMO Patients *by Luigi Tritapepe, Ernesto Greco and Carlo Gaudio*

*by Julie Aultman and Michael S. Firstenberg*

Hypercapnic Respiratory Diseases

*by Luis Morales-Quinteros and Antonio Artigas*
