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J Cardiothorac Surg · Dec 2020
Case ReportsSuccessfully treatment of application awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in critical COVID-19 patient: a case report.
- Junyi Tang, Wencan Li, Fanli Jiang, and Tao Wang.
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Affiliated Zhuzhou Hospital Xiangya Medical College CSU, 116 Changjiangnan Road, Zhuzhou, 412007, Hunan, China.
- J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Dec 17; 15 (1): 335.
BackgroundA newly infectious diseases named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in China and now has spread in many countries, and constituted a public health emergency of international concern. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used as salvage therapies in critical COVID-19 patients with respiratory/cardiac failure.Case PresentationA 49-year-old female patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 and progressed to critical cases, she was successfully treated with the application of awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. This case is the first reported successfully treatment of application awake ECMO in critical COVID-19 patient in China.ConclusionsHere we present the first reported successfully treatment of application awake ECMO in critical COVID-19 patient, however, whether awake ECMO can be widely used in the treatment of critical COVID-19 patients need more practice.
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