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Acute respiratory failure due to status asthmaticus and viral pneumonia: Rescue treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

  • Oregon Health and Science University

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Abstract

We report the use of extracorporeal membrane life support (ECMO) in an eight-year-old boy with acute respiratory failure (ARF) secondary to influenza Type A pneumonia and concurrent status asthmaticus in whom conventional ventilatory modes were limited because of high peak inspiratory pressures, air leak and hypoxaemia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)209-211
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Intensive Care
Volume7
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

Keywords

  • Asthma
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Pneumonia
  • Respiratory failure

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