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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 60(04): 299-301
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1270945
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Successful Weaning from Extracorporal Circulation Using a Pumpless Extracorporal Lung Assist Device in a Patient with Intraoperative Hypercapnic Lung Failure during Aortic Valve Replacement

M. Wilbring   *
1   Department for Cardiac Surgery, Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg, Germany
,
M. Petzoldt   *
2   Department for Anesthesiology, Center for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
,
H. Gulbins
1   Department for Cardiac Surgery, Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg, Germany
,
A. E. Goetz
2   Department for Anesthesiology, Center for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
,
H. Reichenspurner
1   Department for Cardiac Surgery, Center for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg, Germany
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Successful Weaning from Extracorporal Circulation Using a Pumpless Extracorporal Lung Assist Device in a Patient with Intraoperative Hypercapnic Lung Failure during Aortic Valve ReplacementThorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 60(04): e1-e1
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1271163

Abstract

We present a case of a 59-year-old female suffering from massive pulmonary edema with consecutive hypercapnic lung failure immediately following elective aortic valve replacement. Due to severe restrictive ventilation disorder, mechanical ventilation was inadequate. A pumpless lung assist (PECLA, iLA, Novalung®, Talheim, Germany) – a device for extracorporeal carbon dioxide elimination – was used for successful weaning from extracorporeal circulation (ECC). Within 24 hours respiratory function had normalized and the patient could be extubated. The further clinical course and follow-up at 3 months remained uneventful. This report describes the first intraoperative use of the PECLA device in a cardiac surgery patient to promote weaning from ECC.

Key words

airway (includes related subject matter) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECMO - pulmonary function

* Both authors contributed equally to this work.


 

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