title: Rescue a drowning patient by prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 117 days.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chih-Hsien
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chun-Chih
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Wen-Je
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Yung-Chie
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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