Rescue a drowning patient by prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 117 days.
Drowning is one of the most common causes of accidental events. Here we report a drowning patient who experienced acute respiratory distress syndrome after hospitalization. Although the compliance of lung was as poor less as 5 mL/cm H2O, this patient was eventually rescued and recovered by extraprolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 117 days.
Wang
Chih-Hsien
CH
Department of Surgery and Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
Chou
Chun-Chih
CC
Ko
Wen-Je
WJ
Lee
Yung-Chie
YC
D000328:Adult; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors