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- Title
Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe interstitial lung disease in a child with dermatomyositis.
- Authors
Zulian, Francesco; Martinez Toledo, Maria Martha; Amigoni, Angela; Martini, Giorgia; Agosto, Caterina; Pettenazzo, Andrea
- Abstract
The article discusses the medical case of a 3-year-old girl with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) related interstitial lung disease(ILD). Details related to her diagnosis and the medications she has undergone are mentioned. It was found that extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is effective in treating severe JDM-related ILD.
- Subjects
DERMATOMYOSITIS; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases in children; EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation; RESPIRATORY therapy; CRITICAL care medicine; MEDICAL records; THERAPEUTIC use of glucocorticoids; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; DISEASE complications; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2007, Vol 33, Issue 9, p1663
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-007-0763-3