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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 10/2014

01-10-2014 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Extubation to facilitate mother–baby bonding in refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome

Authors: Graeme MacLaren, Kollengode R. Ramanathan, Vitaly Sorokin

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 10/2014

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A 25-year-old pregnant woman presented at 37 weeks gestation with worsening respiratory distress. A diagnosis of influenza A (H1N1) pneumonitis with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was established. Following tracheal intubation, emergency Cesarean section, and delivery of a healthy baby boy, she developed progressive, severe respiratory failure with a PaO2/FiO2 ratio of 50. She was referred to our centre and cannulated onto venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). …
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Title
Extubation to facilitate mother–baby bonding in refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome
Authors
Graeme MacLaren
Kollengode R. Ramanathan
Vitaly Sorokin
Publication date
01-10-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 10/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-014-3405-6

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