Published in:
01-04-2005 | Brief Report
Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and plasmapheresis for pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis
Authors:
Hemant Shyam Agarwal, Mary Barraza Taylor, Marek Janusz Grzeszczak, Harold Newt Lovvorn III, Tracy Earl Hunley, Kathy Jabs, Venkatramanan Shankar
Published in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Issue 4/2005
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Abstract
Early initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to treat acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to massive pulmonary hemorrhage in microscopic polyangiitis in children can be life-saving while awaiting control of the autoimmune disease process by plasmapheresis and immunosuppression.