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1780736

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Three patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome were treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECMO, using a heparin-coated system for 8, 12 and 34 days, respectively. Despite extracorporeal blood flow of 4-5 l/min, the patients were ventilator-dependent in the initial period of ECMO. Two of the three patients showed bleeding diatheses despite only slightly elevated activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT). Blood platelet count followed a variable course and serum fibrinogen was normal. Acute pulmonary hypertensive crises, fatal systemic infection, recurrent pneumothorax and plasma leakage from the oxygenators were other main complications during ECMO. Two of the three patients survived, and follow-up showed that severely damaged lungs, if supported in the acute phase, can recover sufficiently to permit normal living.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5580
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
199-206
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with a heparin-coated system in adult respiratory distress syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Thoracic Surgical Clinic, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports