Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 59 days without changing the ECMO circuit: a case of Legionella pneumonia
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perfusion
- Vol. 24 (1) , 45-47
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659109106297
Abstract
We report the successful use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in a 53-year-old patient with Legionella pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with severe barotraumas. The patient was supported for 59 days without any changes in the ECMO circuit. This is probably the longest support ever reported using the same oxygenator.Keywords
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