title: Emergency use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for a foreign body obstructing the airway.
abstract: We report on the successful emergency use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to provide oxygenation and ventilation to a patient with lifethreatening airway obstruction, and then facilitating the removal of a tracheal food bolus by rigid bronchoscopy.
authors.affiliation: St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW. timothy.holliday@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holliday
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004630:Emergencies; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*