title: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pulmonary crisis and primary graft dysfunction.
abstract: This report describes the clinical use of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system in a 23-year-old woman with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension due to end-stage systemic lupus erythematosus. The system was also used to provide a direct bridge from resuscitation to transplantation after acute onset of pulmonary crisis and maintenance of stable hemodynamics during the bilateral lung transplant, and also to provide optimal oxygenation until the transplanted lung recovered from severe primary graft dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsao-Hsun
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Wen-Je
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Jin-Shing
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cheng-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Shuenn-Wen
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Shu-Chien
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yung-Chie
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome