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2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection and necrotizing pneumonia treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

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Korean J Pediatr. 2011 Aug;54(8):345-9. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection and necrotizing pneumonia treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Ji S, Lee OJ, Yang JH, Ahn K, Cho J, Jeong SI, Han WS, Kim YJ.
Source

Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract

A 3-year-old girl with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to a H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection was complicated by necrotizing pneumonia was successfully treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This is the first reported case in which a pediatric patient was rescued with ECMO during the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Korea in 2009.

PMID:
22087202
[PubMed - in process]
PMCID: PMC3212705

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22087202
 
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