[Case of acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with direct hemoperfusion using a polymyxin B immobilized fiber colum].
During a 54-year-old woman's visit to a hot-spring resort, she suffered a fever and became dizzy and unable to speak clearly. She was admitted to our hospital due to serious pneumonia and respiratory failure type I. She was treated with antibiotics, but her condition became worse and developed into acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She was intubated and received artificial ventilation. Her blood pressure gradually decreased and she suffered septic shock probably due to endotoxin with gram negative coccus infection. Subsequently, she was treated with a direct hemoperfusion using a polymyxin B immobilized fiber column (PMX-DHP), which resulted in an improvement of oxygenation. However, her pneumonia led to the development of septic shock with gram negative coccus infection, and PMX-DHP treatment was resumed. After PMX-DHP re-treatment, she recovered gradually in intensive care including prone positioning ventilation.
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital.
Suzuko
S
Omayu
Mitsutaka
M
Kadokura
Yasuhiro
Y
Shibuya
Akihiko
A
Kitami
Hiroaki
H
Nakajima
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy; D006464:Hemoperfusion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016684:Prone Position / Q000502:physiology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011112:Polymyxin B