Application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in severe ARDS secondary to pneumonia: a case report

• Authors: Xi-Hong Zhang , Rui-Xia Xiu , Tie-Jun Wu , Xiu-Li Zou , Long-Le Ma , Le-Xin Wang
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This report describes a 24-year-old patient with marked and continuous hypoxemia resulting from severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) secondary to pneumonia, which in turn was refractory to mechanical ventilation and other conventional adjunctive therapies. Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was applied for 14 days and resulted in significant improvement in the hypoxemia. We conclude that ECMO presents a therapeutic option for ARDS patients who fail to respond to conventional mechanical ventilation.

Keywords

EN

Pneumonia; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 658-661

Dates

published

1 - 10 - 2013

online

18 - 9 - 2013

Contributors

author

Xi-Hong Zhang

• Critical Care Medicine, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, 252000, Liaocheng, P.R. China

author

Rui-Xia Xiu

• Critical Care Medicine, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, 252000, Liaocheng, P.R. China

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Tie-Jun Wu

• Critical Care Medicine, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, 252000, Liaocheng, P.R. China

author

Xiu-Li Zou

• Critical Care Medicine, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, 252000, Liaocheng, P.R. China

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Long-Le Ma

• Department of Cardiology, Liaocheng People’s Hospital, Liaocheng, P.R. China

author

Le-Xin Wang

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-013-0211-4