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Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a pinnacle of life support, whenever any patient is critically ill with worsening multiple organ dysfunctions especially when lungs and heart are failing. It is basically the best technology that can give hope to those patients, who are having critical illness which can be reversed. This modality had really helped in good recovery of some critically ill patients of COVID pneumonia, during COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Kaladhar. S, Senior Consultant and HOD Critical Care Medicine, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad, elaborates on the role of ECMO in critical care. What is ECMO? It basically involves a technique, wherein the bad blood (venous) is taken out from the patient body through a cannula placed in the big vein and it will be pumped into an artificial lung (oxygenator). This oxygenated blood is returned back to the patient through another cannula. Hence, the functions of the heart and lungs will be taken care by the ECMO, which can rest and heal....

Shaken Baby Syndrome completely destroys the baby's brain cells, due to which the brain does not get enough oxygen. Shaken baby syndrome can result in brain injury or even death. If you want, you can stop this syndrome. But for that you should come to recognize the causes and symptoms associated with it. Dr. Vikas Kumar, Neuro and Spine Surgeon at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, says that, knowingly or unknowingly, shaking small children vigorously, tossing, damages their brain and causes problems like disability, blindness, weakness, paralysis, brain blood clotting. This is called shaken baby syndrome, it is also known as shaken impact syndrome, inflated head injury or whiplash shaken infant syndrome. Causes of Shaken Baby Syndrome Because of shaken baby syndrome, the whole life of children can be badly affected. Usually, parents or any other person picks up the child and shakes it vigorously, due to which the chances of this syndrome are greatly increased. Childr...