Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for life‐threatening macrophage activation syndrome after treatment with tocilizumab in an systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis patient

• Main Authors: Xi Yang (Author), Yingfu Chen (Author), Rongxin Dai (Author), Yunfei An (Author), Xin Yan (Author), Xiaodong Zhao (Author), Xuemei Tang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is a rare, potentially life‐threatening condition in rheumatic diseases. The primary treatments consist of high‐dose corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs, although more recently, cytokine inhibitors like anakinra or tocilizumab (TCZ) have been rep...