Editing Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (section)

===Use in COVID-19 patients===
Beginning in early February 2020, doctors in [[COVID-19 pandemic in China|China]] increasingly used ECMO as an adjunct support for patients presenting with acute viral pneumonia associated with [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] infection ([[COVID-19]]) when, with [[Artificial ventilation|ventilation]] alone, the blood oxygenation levels still remain too low to sustain the patient.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/15/c_138785933.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216094732/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/15/c_138785933.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2020 |title=30 to 39 pct of severe COVID-19 patients discharged from Wuhan hospitals: official  |website=[[xinhuanet.com]] |access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref> Initial reports indicated that it assisted in restoring patients' blood oxygen saturation and reducing fatalities among the approximately 3% of severe cases where it was utilized.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-guidance-management-patients.html|title=2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)|last=CDC|date=2020-02-11|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-16}}</ref>  For critically ill patients, the mortality rate reduced from around 59–71% with conventional therapy to approximately 46% with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Melhuish TM, Vlok R, Thang C, Askew J, White L | title = Outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for patients with COVID-19: A pooled analysis of 331 cases | journal = The American Journal of Emergency Medicine | volume = 39 | pages = 245–246 | date = January 2021 | pmid = 32487460 | pmc = 7256518 | doi = 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.039 |issn=0735-6757 | doi-access = free }}</ref> A March 2021 ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' cover story illustrated the efficacy of ECMO in an extremely challenging COVID patient.<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper = LA Times | vauthors = Curwen T |title=She was dying of COVID-19. Her last hope was a device that would save or kill her | date = 3 March 2021 |url= http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=3ad3b194-c519-46b6-9de0-572e06df5fd3}}</ref> In February 2021, three pregnant Israeli women who had "very serious" cases of COVID-19 were given ECMO treatment and it seemed this treatment option would continue.<ref name="sbnp">{{cite news | vauthors = Ben-Nun S |title=Pregnant women must not get COVID vaccine in first trimester - Health Min. |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/pregnant-women-must-not-get-covid-vaccine-in-first-trimester-health-min-657083 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=4 February 2021}}</ref>