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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is emerging arsenic a lifesaving involution for patients with terrible respiratory nonaccomplishment erstwhile accepted ventilator enactment is nary longer effective, said doctors astatine Manipal Hospital, Vijayawada.
Addressing the media astatine the infirmary connected Monday, June 8, doctors Lokesh Gutta, Consultant–Interventional Pulmonology and G. Uday Kiran, Consultant–Pulmonology, highlighted the betterment of a 55-year-old diligent who battled terrible Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and life-threatening lung failure.
They said the patient, was admitted to the infirmary successful a captious information with oxygen saturation levels dropping to 60% and with terrible ARDS. Despite mechanical ventilation, prone positioning, antibiotics, and intensive aesculapian management, the patient’s information continued to deteriorate.
The lawsuit was further analyzable by morbid obesity. With accepted attraction proving insufficient, the aesculapian squad initiated ECMO support.
During the people of treatment, the diligent besides developed a monolithic airway bleed that required an exigency rigid bronchoscopy procedure. Following 2 and fractional weeks of ECMO support, adjacent monitoring, respiratory rehabilitation, physiotherapy, and multidisciplinary care, the diligent was successfully decannulated from ECMO and made a recovery.
The doctors said the lawsuit reinforces the value of having precocious ECMO services readily accessible wrong the region. Ramanjaneya Reddy, Hospital Director, besides took portion successful the meet.
