• Am J Emerg Med · Jul 2010

    Case Reports

    Rescue a drowning patient by prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 117 days.

    • Chih-Hsien Wang, Chun-Chih Chou, Wen-Je Ko, and Yung-Chie Lee.
    • Department of Surgery and Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2010 Jul 1;28(6):750.e5-7.

    AbstractDrowning is one of the most common causes of accidental events. Here we report a drowning patient who experienced acute respiratory distress syndrome after hospitalization. Although the compliance of lung was as poor less as 5 mL/cm H2O, this patient was eventually rescued and recovered by extraprolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for 117 days.

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