title: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as treatment for acute respiratory failure and subsequent pneumothorax caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in a kidney transplant recipient.
abstract: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) accompanied by pneumothorax caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is often fatal. We present our experience using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as treatment for ARF and subsequent pneumothorax caused by PJP in a kidney transplant recipient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y-S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: N-C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: I-M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S-C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: F-D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y-C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T-H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: C-C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Loong
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome