Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support repeated whole-lung lavage in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in life threatening dyspnoe – a case report

BACKGROUD: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a rare disorder that is characterized by a large accumulation of lipoproteinaceous material within the alveoli. This causes respiratory failure due to a restriction of gas exchange and changes in the ventilation/perfusion ratio. Clinical symptoms are vari...

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Autores principales: Krecmerova, Martina, Mosna, Frantisek, Bicek, Vladimír, Petrik, Frantisek, Grandcourtova, Alzbeta, Lekes, Marek, Vymazal, Tomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4666039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26621369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-015-0152-3

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