title: Life-saving use of extracorporeal membrane gas exchange in severe, acute respiratory failure.
abstract: A 41-year-old man developed acute respiratory failure in association with thoracotomy and decortication for a persisting pleural collection secondary to a stab injury. The use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane gas exchange proved life-saving.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Brook General Hospital, London.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jayawardene
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Ramstead
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*