Successful treatment of peripartum massive pulmonary embolism with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and catheter-directed pulmonary thrombolytic therapy

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 486-491

  Weinberg, L ^a,b   Kay, C ^a   Liskaser, F ^a   Jones, D ^a   Tay, S ^a   Jaffe, S ^a   Seevanayagam, S ^a   Doolan, L ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Peripartum; Postpartum; Pulmonary thrombolysis; Pulmonary vasodilation; Thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BOSENTAN; ENOXAPARIN; FENTANYL; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; PROPOFOL; PROSTACYCLIN; SEVOFLURANE; SILDENAFIL; SUXAMETHONIUM; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; APGAR SCORE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CRYSTALLOID; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART MASSAGE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PALPITATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SOUND; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERMODILUTION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION; VENA CAVA FILTER;

EID: 79957926317     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900323     Document Type: Article

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