Severe acute extrinsic airway compression by mediastinal tumor successfully managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
The successful use of femoral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support an adult patient with extrinsic airway compression secondary to a large mediastinal tumor is presented. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was continued until a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy allowed sufficient tumor shrinkage to permit decannulation. This method should be considered and available before manipulation of the airway in similar patients.
Volume
44
Issue
3
First Page
219
Last Page
221
ISSN
1058-2916
Published In/Presented At
Stewart, A. S., Smythe, W. R., Aukburg, S., Kaiser, L. R., Fox, K. R., & Bavaria, J. E. (1998). Severe acute extrinsic airway compression by mediastinal tumor successfully managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), 44(3), 219–221. https://doi.org/10.1097/00002480-199805000-00018
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
9617955
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article