Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome in a patient with AIDS successfully treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report and literature review.

Reiichiro Obata Kazunari Azuma Itaru Nakamura Jun Oda

Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2018)

In acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with HIV/AIDS refractory to treatment, ECMO should be considered. Post-ECMO antiretroviral therapy could improve outcomes.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
antiretroviral therapy
hiv aids
hiv infected
human immunodeficiency virus
mechanical ventilation
hiv infected patients
hiv positive
respiratory failure
case report
early onset
adipose tissue