Veno-venous extracorporeal CO2 removal improves pulmonary hypertension in acute exacerbation of severe COPD

Intensive Care Med. 2015 Aug;41(8):1509-10. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-3917-8. Epub 2015 Jun 23.

Authors

Christian Karagiannidis¹, Stephan Strassmann, Alois Philipp, Thomas Müller, Wolfram Windisch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, 51109, Cologne, Germany, karagiannidisc@kliniken-koeln.de.

PMID: 26100126
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-015-3917-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / methods*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology
Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*