Severe acute extrinsic airway compression by mediastinal tumor successfully managed with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-221

  Stewart, Allan S ^a   Smythe, W Roy ^a,b   Aukburg, Stanley ^b   Kaiser, Larry R ^a   Fox, Kevin R ^b   Bavaria, Joseph E ^a  

^a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGENATORS;

EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION;

RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; TRACHEA COMPRESSION;

EID: 0344193640     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199805000-00018     Document Type: Article

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