Topic of the Week April 2nd to 8th 2018 Journal of Thoracic Disease series on ECMO - part I Monday Epis. Oxygenator performance and artificial-native lung interaction. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(Suppl 5):S596-S605 Tuesday Lindholm. Cannulation for veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(Suppl 5):S606-S612 Wednesday Crivellari. Femoro-jugular cannulation in veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation PRO/CON. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(Suppl 5):S613-S615 Thursday Burrell. Cannulation technique: femoro-femoral. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(Suppl 5):S616-S623 Friday Ngai. Bicaval dual lumen cannula in adult veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation—clinical pearls for safe cannulation. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(Suppl 5):S624-S628 Saturday Cheng. Optimising drug dosing in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(Suppl 5):S629-S641 Sunday Di Nardo. Drugs pharmacokinetics during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatrics. J Thorac Dis 2018;10(Suppl 5):S642-S652