Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Complicated Scrub Typhus

Scrub typhus is a mite-borne infectious disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi . Although early diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy improve the prognosis for the majority of patients, life-threatening complications are not uncommon. Here, we present a case of successful veno-veno-type ext...

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Main Authors: Eun Sun Kim, Jinwoo Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine
Series:Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.kjccm.org/upload/pdf/kjccm-2015-30-1-52.pdf