Professional paper

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome – results of the Croatian Referral Center for Respiratory Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Marko Kutleša ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", MF Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Anđa Novokmet ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Renata Josipović Mraović ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Hrvatska
Boris Filar ; Medtronic, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Petar Mardešić ; Magdalena - specijalna bolnica za kardiovaskularnu kirurgiju i kardiologiju, Krapina, Hrvatska
Bruno Baršić ; Klinika za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", MF Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

During the fall of 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic hit the world. This new virus caused severe influenza pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in significant portion of patients. Conventional mechanical ventilation frequently failed to achieve adequate oxygenation in these patients. In those circumstances, the Department for Intensive Care Medicine and Neuroinfectology of the "Dr. Fran Mihaljević" University Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Zagreb, Croatia started using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment. After acquired experience, in 2013 the aforementioned Department became the Croatian Referral Centar for Respiratory ECMO. Consequently, today the patients with the most severe form of ARDS in Croatia have a new treatment option and improved chance for survival regardless of the ARDS etiology.

Keywords

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO); acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); influenza

Hrčak ID:

133442

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/133442

Publication date:

31.12.2013.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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