Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and plasmapheresis for pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis

Hemant Shyam Agarwal; Mary Barraza Taylor; Marek Janusz Grzeszczak; Harold Newt Lovvorn; Tracy Earl Hunley; Kathy Jabs; Venkatramanan Shankar

doi:10.1007/s00467-004-1724-5

Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and plasmapheresis for pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis

Pediatr Nephrol. 2005 Apr;20(4):526-8. doi: 10.1007/s00467-004-1724-5. Epub 2005 Feb 16.

Authors

Hemant Shyam Agarwal¹, Mary Barraza Taylor, Marek Janusz Grzeszczak, Harold Newt Lovvorn, Tracy Earl Hunley, Kathy Jabs, Venkatramanan Shankar

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15714314
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1724-5

Abstract

Early initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to treat acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to massive pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis in children can be life-saving while awaiting control of the autoimmune disease process by plasmapheresis and immunosuppression.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Glomerulonephritis / etiology
Glomerulonephritis / pathology
Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Hypoxia / complications
Hypoxia / etiology
Lung Diseases / etiology*
Male
Microcirculation
Plasmapheresis*
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology*
Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
Vasculitis / complications*