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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-4 | Issue-11
Pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in homozygous sickle cell patient for acute chest syndrome.
Papa Salmane Ba, Lionel Berthomieu, Marie-Pierre Castex, Bertrand Leobon, Fabio Cuttone
Published: Nov. 30, 2016 | 131 146
DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2016.v04i11.018
Pages: 869-873
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Abstract
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is used in Sickle cell disease patients is unclear. We present a case of a 6 years old girl with homozygous hemoglobin SS disease complicated with chest syndrome. Oxygenation was maintained with two days of VA extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and 30 days of VV ECMO.