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Dr. David Auerbach, Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, discusses ECMO. ECMO is a heart and lung bypass procedure for infants that suffer from lung disease or some form of heart disease. ECMO helps these newborns pump and filter their blood until their heart and lungs have been repaired or healed.

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