Successful Rescue Therapy with Pumpless Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal in a Patient with Persistent Air Leakage due to Empyema
A young metastatic lung cancer patient developed empyema due to an infection with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Hydropneumothorax was detected and managed by a tube thoracotomy. However, persistent air leakage through the chest tube was observed due to the presence of a bronchopleura...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine
2017-08-01
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| Series: | Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kjccm.org/upload/pdf/kjccm-2016-00185.pdf |