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Decompressive laparotomy for a patient on VA-ECMO for massive pulmonary embolism that suffered traumatic liver laceration after mechanical CPR

Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is an embolus sufficiently obstructing pulmonary blood flow to cause right ventricular (RV) failure and hemodynamic instability. We have utilized veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for early and aggressive intervention for massive PE patients....

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Autores principales: Das Gupta, Jaideep, Saavedra, Ramses, Guliani, Sundeep, Marinaro, John, Rana, Muhammad Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6207845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30397436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy292