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Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Mouse
Published on: October 24, 2018
[Influenza A H1N1v treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation]
Reinhold Jensen1, Inge Krogh Severinsen, Kim Terp
1Anaestesiologisk Afdeling, Arhus Universitetshospital, Skejby, 8200 Arhus N, Denmark. r.jensen@dadlnet.dk
Abstract:
A 37-year-old woman with body mass index > 30 was admitted to hospital with severe pneumonia due to H1N1v. Thoracic X-ray showed bilateral, diffuse infiltrates. There was no sign of complicating bacterial infection and all microbiological tests of tracheal secretion, blood and urine were negative. Polymerase chain reaction test for H1N1v was positive until day ten. No mutations were found in the virus. The patient was given oseltamivir tablets and inhalable zanamivir as well as antibiotics. The patient was treated with extra-corporal membrane oxygenation (EcmO) for 12 days followed by ventilator weaning. The patient had no neurological sequelae.
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