Successful use of VV-ECMO in a pregnant patient with severe ARDS

Introduction: Around 0.1–0.2% of all pregnancies are complicated by respiratory failure. The altered physiology of pregnancy predisposes mother and child to develop hypoxia and respiratory failure more easily than a non-pregnant patient. Respiratory failure in pregnancy may have detrimental fetal co...

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Main Authors: Laurence Carlier, Jan Muller, Yves Debaveye, Sandra Verelst, Steffen Rex
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-07-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247319300743