Safer blood thinners for life support? new study aims to reduce deadly bleeding and clots

This study is testing if giving a common blood thinner (heparin) as a shot under the skin is as safe and effective as the standard method of giving it directly into a vein for patients on a lung life support machine called ECMO. The goal is to find the best way to prevent dangerous blood clots in the machine while also reducing the risk of serious bleeding, which is a major complication. Researchers will compare these two methods in 100 adult patients with severe lung failure.