IDCases . Successful Management of COVID-19 Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with 1-year follow-u

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IDCases


. 2021 Sep 3;e01281.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01281. Online ahead of print.
Successful Management of COVID-19 Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with 1-year follow-up: A Case Report


Ko-Wei Chang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kuang-Tso Lee[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yu-Lun Lo[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Han-Chung Hu[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Cheng-Ta Yang[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Shu-Min Lin[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]



Affiliations

• PMID: 34493972
• PMCID: PMC8413488
• DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01281

Abstract

Coronavirus 2019 (referred to as COVID-19) has infected millions of people throughout the world. This paper reports on a case of COVID-19-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in which the patient was administered extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to deal with refractory hypoxia. The patient recovered from ARDS following ECMO treatment. In 1-year follow-up, the muscle weakness persisted, and the pulmonary vital capacity recovered sooner than diffusion capacity.

Keywords: COVID-19; acute respiratory distress syndrome; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.