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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Salvage Therapy for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism after Su...

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Salvage Therapy for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism after Su...

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Salvage Therapy for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism after Surgery for Tibiofibular Fractures

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Salvage Therapy for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism after Surgery for Tibiofibular Fractures

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China: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd

Journal title

Chinese medical journal, 2018-11, Vol.131 (21), p.2611-2613

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English

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China: Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd

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Contents

Here, we reported the successful use of ECMO alone without definitive therapy in a 52-year-old man who developed an MPE after surgery for tibiofibular fractures and presented with hemodynamic instability and severe hypoxemia. Because of the patient's unstable hemodynamic status and the high risk of bleeding, thrombolysis and embolectomy were not ad...

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Salvage Therapy for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism after Surgery for Tibiofibular Fractures

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_da83825f3fcd4b0aa94a193069ae1556

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_da83825f3fcd4b0aa94a193069ae1556

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ISSN

0366-6999

E-ISSN

2542-5641

DOI

10.4103/0366-6999.244102

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