| Literature DB >> 27896375 |
A Redel1, M Ritzka2, S Kraus3, A Philipp4, H-J Schlitt2, B Graf3, T Bein3.
Abstract
We report a patient with chest trauma who was admitted to the ICU after surgery. As he fulfilled protocol-based criteria, he was extubated 7 days after admission. However, despite intermittent non-invasive ventilation, the patient had to be re-intubated on day 10 owing to progressive hypercapnia. We decided to support the patient with a mid-flow veno-venous extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2‑R) system instead of a tracheotomy. Sufficient CO2 removal was established with a blood flow of 1.5 l/min and the patient was successfully extubated within a few hours. After 5 days of ECCO2‑R the patient could be weaned and transferred to a general ward in a stable condition.Entities:
Keywords: Extracorporeal CO2 removal; Hypercapnia; Intensive care medicine; Tracheotomy; Veno-venous ECMO
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27896375 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-016-0244-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaesthesist ISSN: 0003-2417 Impact factor: 1.041