Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Treatment for Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

The mortality rate for respiratory failure resulting from obesity hypoventilation syndrome is high if it requires ventilator management. We describe a case of severe acute respiratory failure resulting from obesity hypoventilation syndrome (BMI, 60.2 kg/m(2)) successfully treated with venovenous ext...

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Autores principales: Umei, Nao, Ichiba, Shingo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9437452

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9437452

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