Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation to facilitate lung protective ventilation and prevent ventilator-induced lung injury in severe Pneumocystis pneumonia with pneumomediastinum: a case report and short literature review

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary infections caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii in immunocompromised host can be associated with cysts, pneumatoceles and air leaks that can progress to pneumomediastinum and pneumothoraxes. In such cases, it can be challenging to maintain adequate gas exchange by conventional mech...

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Autores principales: Ali, Husain Shabbir, Hassan, Ibrahim Fawzy, George, Saibu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27080997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0214-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4832462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27080997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0214-4

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