Successful rescue therapy with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for re-expansion pulmonary oedema in a patient with one lung.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
; 55(3): 582-584, 2019 Mar 01.
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| ID: mdl-30084903
ABSTRACT
Re-expansion pulmonary oedema following the drainage of pleural fluid is rare. We report a patient with 1 lung who developed life-threatening re-expansion pulmonary oedema following thoracentesis and was rescued with venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), surviving to discharge 28 days later. An aggressive early rescue therapy with VV ECMO should be pursued for all types of acute lung injury regardless of patient age, comorbidities or transplant candidacy, given the likelihood of native lung recovery following ECMO support.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonectomia
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Edema Pulmonar
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Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos