Severe ARDS Secondary to Pneumonia Requiring VV ECMO in the Setting of Newly Diagnosed Hairy Cell Leukemia

• Main Authors: Daniel Gorman DO, MS (Author), Adam Green MD (Author), Nitin Puri MD (Author), Phil Dellinger MD, MCCM (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Venovenous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is initiated in patients with high mortality as a potential lifesaving intervention. Hematologic malignancy (HM) is considered a relative exclusion criterion by the Extracorporeal Life Su...