Emergency use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for a foreign body obstructing the airway

Timothy Holliday; Andrew Jackson

Emergency use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for a foreign body obstructing the airway

Crit Care Resusc. 2010 Dec;12(4):273-5.

Authors

Timothy Holliday¹, Andrew Jackson

Affiliation

¹ St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW. timothy.holliday@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au

PMID: 21143089

Abstract

We report on the successful emergency use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to provide oxygenation and ventilation to a patient with lifethreatening airway obstruction, and then facilitating the removal of a tracheal food bolus by rigid bronchoscopy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Airway Obstruction / diagnosis
Airway Obstruction / etiology
Airway Obstruction / therapy*
Emergencies
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Foreign Bodies / diagnosis
Foreign Bodies / etiology
Foreign Bodies / therapy*
Humans
Male
Respiratory Aspiration / complications
Respiratory Aspiration / diagnosis
Respiratory Aspiration / therapy*