COVID ‐19 case of ventilator‐induced lung injury on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Physicians' clinical struggle and ethical conflict in a novel pandemic

Resource scarcity was concerned in the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. To open slots for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), we tried ECMO weaning allowing invasive ventilation in a 66-year-old man with severe COVID-19, backfiring as ventilator-induced lung injury. We will discuss the ethical conflict during pandemics in this report. AbstractResource scarcity was concerned in the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. To open slots for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), we tried ECMO weaning allowing invasive ventilation in a 66-year-old male with severe COVID-19, backfiring as ventilator-induced lung injury. We will discuss ethical conflict in pandemics in this report.

Source: Clinical Case Reports - December 26, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yoshiko Ishisaka, Nobuyuki Nosaka, Yuka Mishima, Takahiro Masuda, Michio Nagashima, Yosuke Tanaka, Kouhei Yamamoto, Masayuki Yoshida, Hidenobu Shigemitsu Tags: CASE REPORT Source Type: research