Combination of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and pulmonary lavage in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Authors
Sivitanidis, E Tosson, R Wiebalck, A Laczkovics, A
Citation
E. Sivitanidis et al., Combination of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and pulmonary lavage in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, EUR J CAR-T, 15(3), 1999, pp. 370-372
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
ISSN journal
10107940 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
370 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-7940(199903)15:3<370:COEMO(>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We describe a rare case of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a young woman with dyspnea and progressive hypoxaemia due to the alveolar deposition of i nsoluble, surfactant-like material. Routine treatment includes whole-lung-l avage (WLL) using double-lumen-tubes for selective lavaging of each lung. W e performed three whole-lung-lavages and used veno-venous extracorporeal me mbrane oxygenation (v-vECMO) to support oxygenation during these procedures . (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.