Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Mar 2014
Case ReportsManagement of severe hypercapnia post cardiac arrest with extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal.
Normocapnia is recommended in intensive care management of patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. While normocapnia is usually achievable, it may be therapeutically challenging, particularly in patients with airflow obstruction. ⋯ These are simpler and less invasive than conventional extracorporeal devices. We report the first case of using a novel, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal device in Australia on a patient with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest where mechanical ventilation failed to achieve normocapnia.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Mar 2014
Letter Case ReportsTracheal tube compression in an obese patient.