Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and plasmapheresis for pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis.
Early initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to treat acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to massive pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis in children can be life-saving while awaiting control of the autoimmune disease process by plasmapheresis and immunosuppression.
Agarwal
Hemant Shyam
HS
Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. hemant.agarwal@vanderbilt.edu
Taylor
Mary Barraza
MB
Grzeszczak
Marek Janusz
MJ
Lovvorn
Harold Newt
HN
Hunley
Tracy Earl
TE
Jabs
Kathy
K
Shankar
Venkatramanan
V
D000293:Adolescent; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications*