Amniotic fluid embolism rescued using venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation without initial anticoagulation: A case report and literature review.
Hiroshi ArakiMotohiro SekinoYuri HasegawaMasaya KurobeTetsufumi MotokawaAkihiko TanigawaTakashi EgashiraNaoya IwasakiMiki SuzumuraRintaro YanoSojiro MatsumotoTaiga IchinomiyaUshio HigashijimaNaohiro KanayamaKiyonori MiuraTetsuya HaraPublished in: Medicine (2024)
VA-ECMO may be effective to save the lives of patients who have AFE with lethal circulatory and respiratory failure. For safe management without bleeding complications, it is important to start VA-ECMO without initial anticoagulants and to administer anticoagulants and anti-DIC drugs after the bleeding tendency has resolved.
Keyphrases
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- respiratory failure
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- atrial fibrillation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- mechanical ventilation
- chronic kidney disease
- venous thromboembolism
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- intensive care unit
- drug induced