Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Emergent veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during aortic valve replacement following severe re-expansion pulmonary edema: A case report |
| Authors: |
Nicholas B. Cavanaugh, Liem H. Nguyen, Lovkesh Arora, Arun K. Singhal, Satoshi Hanada |
| Source: |
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, Vol 12 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
SAGE Publishing, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: |
Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: |
Re-expansion pulmonary edema is defined as pulmonary edema that occurs when a chronically collapsed lung rapidly re-expands, most commonly following chest tube placement for pneumothorax, re-expansion of severe atelectasis, and evacuation of pleural effusion. Though it is very rare, the sudden onset and clinical features of re-expansion pulmonary edema make it a lethal complication that requires urgent treatment. We present a 60-year-old patient who underwent an aortic valve replacement with pre-existing large bilateral pleural effusions. Intraoperatively, upon evacuation of the pleural effusions, the patient developed worsening lung compliance, refractory hypoxemia, and hypercapnia that required emergent veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2050-313X
2050313X |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2050-313X |
| DOI: |
10.1177/2050313X241249081 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/8eb6e8ce682d4f07a06053f1b8ee73c8 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.8eb6e8ce682d4f07a06053f1b8ee73c8 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
