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Bilateral Whole Lung Lavage in Hereditary Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in a 4-year-old Child Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

The hereditary form of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is an uncommon entity. We report a case of PAP due to colony-stimulating factor 2 receptor alpha (CSF2RA) gene mutation. The standard of care includes whole lung lavage (WLL). We faced two challenges: Firstly, a severely hypoxemic patient,...

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Autores principales: Prabhudesai, Prahlad, Khosla, Indu, Kulkarni, Satish, Arya, Manish Kumar, Pandey, Abha, Yadav, Namrata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8664037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34963730
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23968