Monitoring of viral load by RT-PCR caused decision making to continue ECMO therapy for a patient with COVID-19.
Sakamaki I, Morinaga Y, Tani H, Takegoshi Y, Fukui Y, Kawasuji H, Ueno A, Miyajima Y, Wakasugi M, Kawagishi T, Kuwano H, Hatano T, Shibuya T, Okudera H, Yamamoto Y.
Sakamaki I, et al.
J Infect Chemother. 2020 Dec;26(12):1324-1327. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2020.08.014. Epub 2020 Aug 20.
J Infect Chemother. 2020.
PMID: 32900659
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Two days after the introduction of ECMO, C-reactive protein (CRP) increased, chest X-p showed no improvement in pneumonia, and PaO2/FiO2 decreased again. As D-dimer rose and found a blood clot in the ECMO circuit, we had to decide whether to replace the circuit …
Two days after the introduction of ECMO, C-reactive protein (CRP) increased, chest X-p showed no improvement in pneumonia, and PaO2/FiO2 dec …