RESUMEN

A 42 year-old woman with terminal chronic lung disease underwent to left lung transplantation. Extracorporeal membrane oxigenation (ECMO) was required because dysfunction of transplanted organ occurred and was non-responsive to conventional therapy. The time of assistance was 47 hours and after this, the dysfunction of the transplanted lung reversed and the patient was weaned from the oxigenator. During hospital stay, she developed sepsis and died. In conclusion, ECMO was decisive to the treatment of pulmonary dysfunction, allowing time to the resolution of lung lesion.

Asunto(s)

Oxigenación por Membrana Extracorpórea , Trasplante de Pulmón/efectos adversos , Insuficiencia Respiratoria/terapia , Enfermedad Aguda , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Insuficiencia Respiratoria/etiología