Combined use of veno‐venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and asynchronous independent lung ventilation after thoracic surgery for lung abscess.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Yoneda, Ryuhei; Matsuyoshi, Takeo; Yogi, Tatsuro; Sato, Yuichi; Hamaguchi, Jun; Shimizu, Keiki
- Source
- Clinical Case Reports. Jan2024, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p1-6. 6p.
- Subject
- *EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation
*LUNG surgery
*THORACIC surgery
*LUNGS
*ABSCESSES
- Language
- ISSN
- 2050-0904
Key Clinical Message: We used independent lung ventilation (ILV) during veno‐venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V‐V ECMO) after lung abscess surgery in a patient with severe hypoxia and air leak. ILV can be effective in V‐V ECMO as unilateral lung air leak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]