title: Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure in pulmonary chronic graft-versus-host disease.
abstract: Pulmonary complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. There is no literature to date on the use of extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with pulmonary manifestations of chronic graft-versus-host disease after HSCT. We describe the successful use of ECMO for refractory respiratory failure in such a patient.
authors.affiliation: From the *Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and †Section of Cardiac Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stretch
authors.forename: Pramod
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bonde
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000150:complications*; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000601:surgery*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome