Exhaled Breath and Oxygenator Sweep Gas Propionaldehyde in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Agnes S MeidertAlexander ChoukèrSiegfried PraunGustav SchellingMichael E Dolch

Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)

Acetone, isoprene, and propionaldehyde appear in breath and oxygenator outflow gas in comparable amounts. This allows for the measurement of these VOCs in a critically ill patient population via the ECMO oxygenator outflow gas without the need of ventilator circuit manipulation.

Keyphrases

acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation
room temperature
carbon dioxide
case report