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Obes Res Clin Pract
; 16(4): 346-348, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1966977
ABSTRACT
The ELSO Guidelines list a BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 among the relative contraindications to give ECMO treatment in SARS - COV2 patients. We describe a case of a 52-year-old with BMI 50.21 kg/m2, admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe respiratory conditions and successfully treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The application of veno-venous (VV) ECMO will evolve as far as we understand the pathophysiology of the COVID-19 disease and will probably have a determinant role in management of patient with refractory hypoxemia, whose ventilation management is difficult, even in case of severe obesity.
Subject(s)
COVID-19 , Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation , Obesity, Morbid , Respiratory Distress Syndrome , COVID-19/complications , COVID-19/therapy , Humans , Middle Aged , Obesity/complications , Obesity/therapy , Obesity, Morbid/complications , Obesity, Morbid/therapy , Respiratory Distress Syndrome/etiology , Respiratory Distress Syndrome/therapy
2.
Ieee Robotics & Automation Magazine
; 28(1):71-81, 2021.
Article
in English
| Web of Science | ID: covidwho-1203811
3.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
; 2021.
Article
in English
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-1084182