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Successful use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome following accidental chlorine gas inhalation at a swimming pool.
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Perfusion [Perfusion] 2020 Sep; Vol. 35 (6), pp. 543-545. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 22. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- While there is evidence to support the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to a variety of causes, its use in chlorine gas-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome has not been described in the English medical literature. We present a young girl who had severe acute respiratory distress syndrome following exposure to chlorine gas during the disinfection process at a swimming pool. She failed conventional management and underwent venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Despite multiple infections and a pneumothorax, she eventually recovered. Chlorine gas was the first agent of chemical warfare which caused a massive death toll during the First World War. Even today, the chemical is produced in large quantities and the threat of a large-scale leak is ever-present from industrial accidents or terrorist attacks. The criteria to assess and manage chlorine gas-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome are likely to be the same as for other causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can be used successfully.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1477-111X
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Perfusion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32441230
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659120922013