title: Treatment of sepsis and ARDS with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and interventional lung assist membrane ventilator in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: We report an 18-year-old ice skater with acute lymphoblast leukemia. She developed Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia, severe sepsis, septic shock, and ARDS following chemotherapy-induced severe bone marrow failure. She was successfully treated with extraordinary life support  measures, which included extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, double lumen lung ventilation for management of hemoptysis, and lung assist membrane ventilation. After 57 days of ICU treatment and a year of rehabilitation, the patient has fully regained her functional status, is now finishing  high school, and is ice skating again.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. vojka.gorjup@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vojka
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gorjup
authors.forename: Misa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fister
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noc
authors.forename: Vladan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rajic
authors.forename: Suada Filekovic
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ribaric
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016638:Critical Illness; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000628:therapy; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000628:therapy*