Successful treatment of a severely injured soldier from Afghanistan with pumpless extracorporeal lung assist and neurally adjusted ventilatory support
Open Access
- 13 July 2010
- journal article
- innovations in-em-practice
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Vol. 3 (3) , 177-179
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12245-010-0192-x
Abstract
Life-threatening acute lung injury due to combat and/or terror attacks is associated with high mortality. The successful management includes the use of “rescue” extracorporeal lung assist and early transport by aeromedical evacuation teams.Keywords
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