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- Title
ARDS Secondary to Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis Treated By Long-Term Extracorporeal Respiratory Support.
- Authors
Franchi, Federico; Silvestri, Riccardo; Cubattoli, Lucia; Voltolini, Luca; Mazzei, Maria Antonietta; Giomarelli, Pierpaolo
- Abstract
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may be a severe complication of descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) that dramatically increases mortality in conventionally treated patients. Extracorporeal respiratory support in case of ARDS secondary to DNM represents a hard challenge, as a very severe clinical condition is treated with a complex technique. Here we describe a case of ARDS secondary to a DNM managed with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
- Subjects
EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome treatment; ARTIFICIAL respiration; ABSCESSES; MEDIASTINUM diseases; NECROSIS; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Respiratory Care, 2012, Vol 57, Issue 11, p1970
- ISSN
0020-1324
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4187/respcare.01531