Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation now and in the future

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Chairs: M. Belliato (San Martino Siccomario, Italy), M. Hoeper (Hannover, Germany)
Aims: to present the latest developments in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) including extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R)

The EOLIA trial and ECMO in veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy: where we are now and where to go B. Seeliger (Hannover, Germany)
ECCO2R: a method for the future? V. Fanelli (Torino (TO), Italy)
Mechanical ventilation in ECMO C. Fisser (Regensburg, Germany)