1. Emergency bedside extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for rescue of acute tracheal obstruction.
- Author
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Willms DC, Mendez R, Norman V, and Chammas JH
- Subjects
- Acute Disease, Adult, Airway Obstruction etiology, Bronchoscopy, Emergency Medical Services, Heart Arrest etiology, Humans, Lung Neoplasms secondary, Male, Osteosarcoma secondary, Tracheal Diseases etiology, Airway Obstruction therapy, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Lung Neoplasms complications, Osteosarcoma complications, Tracheal Diseases therapy
- Abstract
A 39-year-old man experienced total obstruction of a distal tracheal plastic stent by a tumor mass, preventing effective ventilation and resulting in cardiac arrest. Resuscitation by emergency bedside venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) permitted time to physically remove the obstructing tumor and reestablish successful ventilation and liberation from ventilatory support. We review several other reported cases of emergency ECMO to resuscitate patients with acute airway obstruction.
- Published
- 2012
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