Even Jordan Zimmermann would be hard-pressed to hit that mark in 2013, when games are taking an average of 2 hours 57 minutes. Thatâs perilously close to three hours, something baseball should hope to avoid. The Capitals, Wizards, D.C. United â all can play a regulation game in less than three hours.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), also known as extracorporeal life support (ECLS), is an extracorporeal technique of providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to persons whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of gas exchange or perfusion to sustain life.
ECMO is a form of life support that does the work of the lungs and heart for a baby having, or recovering from, urgent or emergency surgery. Most babies have malformations in only one section (lobe) of their lung, so they need only one lobe removed (lobectomy) or only part of one lobe. Some babies need more than one lobe or, rarely, an entire lung removed. With PSs outside the lungs, surgeons remove the malformation but no normal lung tissue.