Js. Plotkin et al., EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION IN THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF TRAUMATIC ADULT-RESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROME - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 37(1), 1994, pp. 127-130
We present the case of a 25-year-old, 28-week pregnant woman with two
gunshot wounds to the chest. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO
) was begun within 12 hours, despite poor results in prior studies and
the need for anticoagulation postoperatively, since oxygenation was r
apidly deteriorating despite aggressive treatment. The patient ultimat
ely made a full recovery.