2009
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-009-0760-5
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Successful extracorporeal membranous oxygenation for a patient with life-threatening transfusion-related acute lung injury

Abstract: A case of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) that was successfully treated with extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO) is reported. A 58-year-old male patient underwent hepatectomy, and pulmonary edema occurred after the administration of fresh-frozen plasma and packed red cells. In the postoperative period, the impaired oxygenation progressively worsened, resulting in life-threatening hypoxemia, despite vigorous treatments. ECMO was therefore applied to the patient as a method of safe emergen… Show more

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“…ECMO has been successfully used in the management of acute reversible pulmonary failure. Several reports have found a higher survival rate in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with ECMO [4] [5] [6]. Although the application of ECMO in acute respiratory distress syndrome is con-Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery troversial because of high incidence of morbidities, early use of ECMO enables us to reduce the patient's fraction of inspiratory oxygen and peak inspiratory pressure and can prevent ventilator-induced lung injury [5].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ECMO has been successfully used in the management of acute reversible pulmonary failure. Several reports have found a higher survival rate in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with ECMO [4] [5] [6]. Although the application of ECMO in acute respiratory distress syndrome is con-Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery troversial because of high incidence of morbidities, early use of ECMO enables us to reduce the patient's fraction of inspiratory oxygen and peak inspiratory pressure and can prevent ventilator-induced lung injury [5].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First case report of using prolonged bypass for TRALI treatment was described by Nouraei et al in 2003 [9]. There are very few other cases describing using ECMO in TRALI reported in literature [10,11]. Prevention of the syndrome should consist of restrictive transfusion strategy and use of plasma with clear clinical indications only.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7,12 The use of VA ECMO is also increasingly described for toxic ingestions resulting in intractable hemodynamic instability, as well as a range of other conditions. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19] The role of ECMO in accidental hypothermia is particularly relevant to emergency medicine; a recent review in the New England Journal of Medicine advocated the use of ECMO in cardiac arrest caused by accidental hypothermia, even if this requires transport to another centre, in patients with a core temperature less than 32uC (89.6uF) and circumstances suggesting that cooling took place prior to the arrest. 20 Dramatic survival following the use of VA ECMO during or following cardiac arrest, as occurred in our patient, has been reported.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%