Maternal and Fetal Recovery After Severe Respiratory Failure: A Case Report of Air Transportation of a Pregnant Woman on ECMO Using the CentriMag Transporter System.
Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe cardiopulmonary failure has increased because of improved outcomes. A specially designed ECMO transport system allows for safe transport of patients over long distances. We report a 28-year-old pregnant woman (26 weeks gestation) with acute respiratory distress syndrome in whom ECMO support was necessary for survival, and she was transported to another facility 1,155 km away with the aid of the portable ECMO system. Transport was uneventful, and the patient's condition remained stable. Acute respiratory distress syndrome improved gradually until the patient was discharged from the hospital with excellent maternal and fetal outcome.
From the Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, National Research Center for Cardiac Surgery, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Rymbay
R
Kaliyev
Timur
T
Kapyshev
Alex
A
Goncharov
Timur
T
Lesbekov
Yuri
Y
Pya
D000328:Adult; D017732:Air Ambulances; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome