An early aggressive strategy for the treatment of Hanta virus cardiopulmonary syndrome: a perspective from an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center

Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Aug 1;59(3):458-9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu295. Epub 2014 Apr 24.

Authors

Renzo Arauco Brown¹, Jay Murthy², Prasad Manian², Becky Rumbaoa³, Timothy Connolly²

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Baylor College of Medicine.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Baylor College of Medicine Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Consultants, PLLC.
³ Cardiovascular Recovery Center, Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 24771336
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu295

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Hantavirus Infections / complications
Hantavirus Infections / diagnosis
Hantavirus Infections / therapy*
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Heart Arrest / virology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Orthohantavirus / physiology*
Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
Respiratory Insufficiency / virology
Treatment Outcome