A case of near fatal asthma: The role of ECMO as rescue therapy

We report a case of an adolescent with near fatal asthma (NFA). He presented with severe hypoxemia and lifethreatening acidemia, who failed to respond to conventional therapy. His hospital course was complicated by barotrauma and hemodynamic instability. Early introduction of extracorporeal membrane...

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Autores principales: Alzeer, Abdulaziz H., Al Otair, Hadil A., Khurshid, Syed Moazzum, Badrawy, Sherif El, Bakir, Bakir M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4375744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25829967
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.152461
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author Alzeer, Abdulaziz H.
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Badrawy, Sherif El
Bakir, Bakir M.
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description We report a case of an adolescent with near fatal asthma (NFA). He presented with severe hypoxemia and lifethreatening acidemia, who failed to respond to conventional therapy. His hospital course was complicated by barotrauma and hemodynamic instability. Early introduction of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) led to dramatic improvement in gas exchange and lung mechanics. This case illustrates the important role of ECMO as salvage therapy in NFA.
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spelling pubmed-43757442015-04-01 A case of near fatal asthma: The role of ECMO as rescue therapy Alzeer, Abdulaziz H. Al Otair, Hadil A. Khurshid, Syed Moazzum Badrawy, Sherif El Bakir, Bakir M. Ann Thorac Med Case Report We report a case of an adolescent with near fatal asthma (NFA). He presented with severe hypoxemia and lifethreatening acidemia, who failed to respond to conventional therapy. His hospital course was complicated by barotrauma and hemodynamic instability. Early introduction of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) led to dramatic improvement in gas exchange and lung mechanics. This case illustrates the important role of ECMO as salvage therapy in NFA. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4375744/ /pubmed/25829967 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.152461 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Thoracic Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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