• Kardiol Pol · Jan 2011

    Case Reports

    [The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome due to pandemic influenza].

    • Piotr Knapik, Roman Przybylski, Paweł Nadziakiewicz, Rafał Koba, Tomasz Maciejewski, Marcin Borowicz, Grzegorz Włoczka, Szymon Pawlak, and Marian Zembala.
    • Oddział Kliniczny Kardioanestezji i Intensywnej Terapii, Śląskie Centrum Chorób Serca, Zabrze. pknapik@sum.edu.pl
    • Kardiol Pol. 2011 Jan 1;69(4):416-20.

    AbstractPandemic influenza particularly often is associated with symptoms of acute respiratory failure, and in case of refractory hypoxemia patients may have indications for the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The paper presents a case of a pandemic influenza virus infection, where classical indications for veno-venous ECMO occured. Practical aspects of this kind of treatment in the intensive care unit are discussed.

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