title: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia.
abstract: We report the case of an 18-year-old woman who presented to an outside hospital in respiratory distress and was found to have pulmonary eosinophilia. She remained profoundly hypoxaemic despite maximal ventilatory strategies and underwent cannulation for veno-venous extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The respiratory failure improved with time, using corticosteroids, and the veno-venous ECMO helped in stabilisation of the patient in the setting of profound hypoxaemia.
authors.affiliation: Critical Care, Pulmonary and Sleep Division, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Bindu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akkanti
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gentry
authors.affiliation: Kingwood Medical Center Pulmonology, Kingwood, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kesavan
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Heart Failure, University of Texas at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Biswajit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D011657:Pulmonary Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones