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Minerva anestesiologica · May 2002
Clinical TrialPumpless extracorporeal lung assist using an arterio-venous shunt. Applications and limitations.
- A Liebold, A Philipp, M Kaiser, J Merk, F X Schmid, and D E Birnbaum.
- University of Regensburg, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Internal Medicine, Regensburg, Germany. andreas.liebold@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
- Minerva Anestesiol. 2002 May 1;68(5):387-91.
AbstractWe report the use of a pumpless extracorporeal lung assist (PECLA) in 70 patients with severe pulmonary failure of various causes. The device was used under rescue conditions in patients with preserved cardiac function. By establishing a shunt between femoral artery and vein using the arterio-venous pressure gradient as the driving force for the blood flow through the oxygenator, PECLA proved to be extremely effective in terms of oxygenation and carbon dioxide removal.
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