Лого Српског лекарског друштва

Часопис Српског лекарског друштва

Српски архив за целокупно лекарство

Serbian Archives of Medicine

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome following coronary artery bypass grafting successfully treated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

УСПЕШНО ЛЕЧЕЊЕ СИНДРОМА АКУТНОГ РЕСПИРАТОРНОГ ДИСТРЕСА ПОСЛЕ ХИРУРШКЕ РЕВАСКУЛАРИЗАЦИЈЕ МИОКАРДА ПРИМЕНОМ ВЕНОВЕНСКЕ ЕКСТРАКОРПОРАЛНЕ МЕМБРАНСКЕ ОКСИГЕНАЦИЈЕ

Miodrag Golubović; Nina Dračina; Andrej Preveden; Ranko Zdravković; Uroš Batranović; Lazar Velicki

Часопис
Serbian Archives of Medicine
Објављено
Srp Arh Celok Lek. 2022;150(7–8):467–471.
Врста рада
CASE REPORTS

Abstract

Introduction Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the most serious complications during the postoperative period in cardiac surgery. Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) has proven to be a valuable therapy in ARDS when standard therapy is insufficient. Our aim is to present a case of severe ARDS which was succesfully treated by VV-ECMO.

Case outline A 54-year-old male patient was urgently admitted to our hospital due to anterior wall myocardal infarction. Urgent coronarography was performed, which found severe three-vessel coronary disease. Triple coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was performed. After surgery, due to prolonged respiratory insufficiency, the patient was diagnosed with ARDS and VV-ECMO was placed. Nine days later, normal values of gase exchange were achieved and the patient was succesfully weaned from VV-ECMO.

Conclusion We showed that when conventional therapy for ARDS is not effective, use of ECMO should be considered.

Keywords: cardiac surgery; ARDS; VV-ECMO