title: Successful extubation of an "unweanable" patient with severe ankylosing spondylitis (Bechterew's disease) using a pumpless extracorporeal lung assist.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bein
authors.forename: Sigrid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wittmann
authors.forename: Alois
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Philipp
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nerlich
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuehnel
authors.forename: Hans Juergen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Schlitt
mesh_terms: D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*; D015300:Ventilator Weaning