ECMO is also a cause of death, when the patient's lung problems are worsened by hyperoxia [0].
[0] "Supplementary oxygen administration is widely used in emergency and intensive care medicine and can be life-saving in critical conditions, but too much can be harmful and affects a variety of pathophysiological processes. Reactive oxygen species are known problematic by-products of hyperoxia which have an important role in cell signaling pathways. There are a wide range of effects, but when the homeostatic balance is disturbed, reactive oxygen species tend to cause a cycle of tissue injury, with inflammation, cell damage, and cell death.[2]" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperoxia
The Boeing whistleblower just got finished off with ECMO, according to the recent submission [1]. I think the progression of his illness must have been "poor oxygen saturation treated with O2" -> intubation -> ECMO -> death.
[0] "Supplementary oxygen administration is widely used in emergency and intensive care medicine and can be life-saving in critical conditions, but too much can be harmful and affects a variety of pathophysiological processes. Reactive oxygen species are known problematic by-products of hyperoxia which have an important role in cell signaling pathways. There are a wide range of effects, but when the homeostatic balance is disturbed, reactive oxygen species tend to cause a cycle of tissue injury, with inflammation, cell damage, and cell death.[2]" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperoxia
The Boeing whistleblower just got finished off with ECMO, according to the recent submission [1]. I think the progression of his illness must have been "poor oxygen saturation treated with O2" -> intubation -> ECMO -> death.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40230790