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- Title
One Hundred Seven Days of ECMO as a Bridge to Lung Transplantation: The Longest Duration Among Elderly Patients.
- Authors
Eun Jung Kim; Hyo Chae Paik; Moo Suk Park; Myung-hwa Kim; Shin-Ok Koh; You Jin Lee; Sungwon Na
- Abstract
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a means for supporting adequate gas exchange in patients with severe respiratory failure and is the only therapeutic option for ventilation-refractory patients awaiting lung transplantation. Moreover, defining the patients likely to benefit from ECMO as a bridge to transplantation has recently become a point of interest. Here, we report a case of prolonged ECMO support to a patient awaiting lung transplantation. A 66-year-old woman was diagnosed with acute interstitial pneumonia and was placed on veno-venous (VV) ECMO due to unsatisfactory gas exchange despite maximal ventilator care. She underwent bilateral lung transplantation after 99 days of ECMO and was successfully weaned from it on the 107th ECMO day. This is the longest period of ECMO support to be reported among elderly patients.
- Subjects
EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation; LUNG transplantation; PULMONARY gas exchange; MECHANICAL ventilators; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; PATIENTS
- Publication
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2014, Vol 29, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
1229-4802
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4266/kjccm.2014.29.1.48