Successful treatment of varicella pneumonia with prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a child with leukemia.
A 5-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in complete continuous remission developed life-threatening varicella pneumonia and acute respiratory insufficiency (ARI). The child recovered after 92 hours of partial venoarterial perfusion with a membrane oxygenator. Functional asplenia developed. Serial pulmonary function tests after perfusion indicate moderately severe restrictive lung disease which has slightly improved during an 18 month period.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010107:Oxygenators, Membrane; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*