• Hayato Taniguchi, Fumihiro Ogawa, Hiroshi Honzawa, Keishi Yamaguchi, Shoko Niida, Mafumi Shinohara, Kohei Takahashi, Masayuki Iwashita, Takeru Abe, Sousuke Kubo, Makoto Kudo, and Ichiro Takeuchi.
• Advanced Critical Care and Emergency Center Yokohama City University Medical Center Yokohama Japan.
• Acute Med Surg. 2020 Jan 1; 7 (1): e509.

BackgroundVeno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is one of the ultimate treatments for acute respiratory failure. However, the effectiveness of ECMO in patients with novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is unknown.Case PresentationA 72-year-old woman who was a passenger of a cruise ship tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) while in quarantine on board using throat swab. Three days after admission, her condition deteriorated, and she was subsequently intubated. On day 6, VV-ECMO was introduced. Lopinavir/ritonavir was given; continuous renal replacement therapy was also introduced. On day 10, her chest radiography and lung compliance improved. She was weaned off ECMO on day 12.ConclusionTreatment of severe pneumonia in COVID-19 by ECMO should recognize lung plasticity considering time to ECMO introduction and interstitial biomarkers. In Japan, centralization of ECMO patients has not been sufficient. Thus, we suggest nationwide centralization and further research to respond to the crisis caused by COVID-19.© 2020 The Authors. Acute Medicine & Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine.

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