title: Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for noncardiogenic pulmonary edema after coronary bypass surgery.
abstract: A 71-year-old woman with noncardiogenic acute pulmonary edema early after having a coronary operation was treated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for uncontrollable hypoxia. Adequate oxygenation was achieved, the rapid deterioration of her condition was reversed, and ventilatory settings could be moderated. Two and a half days later, the patient was weaned from the system. At the time of this writing, the patient was in her sixth postoperative month and doing well. Details of this fairly simple but powerful technique are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Buchholz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Connell
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: DePellegrini
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior