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01-11-2019 | Thrombosis | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine
ECCO2R patients: look out for coloured urine
Authors:
R. Younan, J. L. Augy, N. Aissaoui, J. L. Diehl
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 11/2019
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Excerpt
Extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) was started in a patient with very severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The iLA Activve (ILA) kit medical device (Xenios AG, Heilbronn, Germany) was used with a 22-Fr right jugular catheter. Pump rotation speed was maintained at 3500 RPM with a blood flow at 1000 ml/min, and anticoagulation within the therapeutic range was achieved with intravenous infusion of heparin (anti-Xa 0.3–0.6 UI/ml). …