Life-saving use of extracorporeal membrane gas exchange in severe, acute respiratory failure.
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.
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Department of Anaesthesia, Brook General Hospital, London.
Jayawardene
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Ramstead
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Fisher
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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*