Catastrophic respiratory failure from tuberculosis pneumonia: Survival after prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support

Tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon cause of severe respiratory failure, even in highly endemic regions. Mortality in cases requiring mechanical ventilation (MV) varies between 60 and 90%. The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is not frequently needed in TB. We report the case of a 24 y...

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Autores principales: Andresen, Max, Tapia, Pablo, Mercado, Marcelo, Bugedo, Guillermo, Bravo, Sebastian, Regueira, Tomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2013.06.004

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