Successful difficult airway management with emergent venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a patient with severe tracheal deformity: a case report.

Ryuichiro Kakizaki Naofumi BunyaShuji UemuraEichi Narimatsu

Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2020)

Severe tracheal deformity can result in a difficult airway. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is an effective life-saving approach in cases of difficult airway management due to severe tracheal deformity.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
respiratory failure
early onset
mechanical ventilation
drug induced
case report
intensive care unit