Transportable extracorporeal lung support for rescue of severe respiratory failure in combat casualties

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1450-1456

  Bein, Thomas ^a   Zonies, David ^b   Philipp, Alois ^a   Zimmermann, Markus ^a   Osborn, Erik C ^c   Allan, Patrick F ^d   Nerlich, Michael ^a   Graf, Bernhard M ^a   Fang, Raymond ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^e R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acute lung injury; adult respiratory distress syndrome; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; military medicine; transportation of patients

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARMY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BREATHING CIRCUIT; CANNULATION; CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; EXTRACORPOREAL LUNG SUPPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; EXTUBATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG CONTUSION; MEMBRANE OXYGENATOR; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; PUMP DRIVEN VENOVENOUS EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; PUMPLESS EXTRACORPOREAL LUNG ASSIST; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871185491     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182782480     Document Type: Article

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