Frontline Colombian team fights COVID-19 with ECMO therapy
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) – providing the body with oxygen when the lungs fail to perform this task – is one of the key pillars in the treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients. Combined with the professional expertise of the Colombian thoracic surgeon Diego Pardo, it has been an important tool in his efforts to save lives across the region. As president of the Colombian Association of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Pardo, also a licensed physician, is one of the country's leading authorities in the area and a pioneer in using ECMO therapy, which is used to keep