Recovery from respiratory failure after 49-day extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in a critically ill patient with COVID-19: case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory failure is a life-threatening complication of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related acute respiratory distress syndrome. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in COVID-19 might offer promise based on our clinical experience. However, few critically ill cases with COVID-19 have been weaned off ECMO.

Case summary

A 66-year-old Chinese woman presented with fever (38.9°C), cough, dyspnoea, and headache. She had lymphopenia (0.72 × 10⁹/L) and computed tomography findings of ground-glass opacities. Subsequently, she was confirmed to have respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. She was intubated after transfer to the intensive care unit due to respiratory failure and heart failure. However, her condition continued to d

SUBMITTER: Guo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7799190 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature