作者
Michael Ried, Thomas Bein, Alois Philipp, Thomas Müller, Bernhard Graf, Christof Schmid, David Zonies, Claudius Diez, Hans Stefan Hofmann
发表日期
2013/6
期刊
Critical care
卷号
17
页码范围
1-10
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Introduction
Severe trauma with concomitant chest injury is frequently associated with acute lung failure (ALF). This report summarizes our experience with extracorporeal lung support (ELS) in thoracic trauma patients treated at the University Medical Center Regensburg.
Methods
A retrospective, observational analysis of prospectively collected data (Regensburg ECMO Registry database) was performed for all consecutive trauma patients with acute pulmonary failure requiring ELS during a 10-year interval.
Results
Between April 2002 and April 2012, 52 patients (49 male, three female) with severe thoracic trauma and ALF refractory to conventional therapy required ELS. The mean age was 32 ± 14 years (range, 16 to 72 years). Major traffic accident (73%) was the most common trauma, followed by blast injury (17 …
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