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Case Reports
Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and plasmapheresis for pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis.
- Hemant Shyam Agarwal, Mary Barraza Taylor, Marek Janusz Grzeszczak, Harold Newt Lovvorn, Tracy Earl Hunley, Kathy Jabs, and Venkatramanan Shankar.
- Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. hemant.agarwal@vanderbilt.edu
- Pediatr. Nephrol. 2005 Apr 1;20(4):526-8.
AbstractEarly initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to treat acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to massive pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis in children can be life-saving while awaiting control of the autoimmune disease process by plasmapheresis and immunosuppression.
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