Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pulmonary crisis and primary graft dysfunction

Hsao-Hsun Hsu; Wen-Je Ko; Jin-Shing Chen; Cheng-Hsin Lin; Shuenn-Wen Kuo; Shu-Chien Huang; Yung-Chie Lee

doi:10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.570

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pulmonary crisis and primary graft dysfunction

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Feb;27(2):233-7. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.570.

Authors

Hsao-Hsun Hsu¹, Wen-Je Ko, Jin-Shing Chen, Cheng-Hsin Lin, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Shu-Chien Huang, Yung-Chie Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 18267233
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.570

Abstract

This report describes the clinical use of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system in a 23-year-old woman with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension due to end-stage systemic lupus erythematosus. The system was also used to provide a direct bridge from resuscitation to transplantation after acute onset of pulmonary crisis and maintenance of stable hemodynamics during the bilateral lung transplant, and also to provide optimal oxygenation until the transplanted lung recovered from severe primary graft dysfunction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Emergency Service, Hospital
Emergency Treatment / methods
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Graft Rejection / prevention & control
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / therapy*
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
Lung Transplantation / methods
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome