Successful use of VV-ECMO in a pregnant patient with severe ARDS
Introduction: Around 0.1–0.2% of all pregnancies are complicated by respiratory failure. The altered physiology of pregnancy predisposes mother and child to develop hypoxia and respiratory failure more easily than a non-pregnant patient. Respiratory failure in pregnancy may have detrimental fetal co...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-07-01
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Series: | Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247319300743 |