Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia
Introduction. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is nowadays widely used with notable results on the overall survival as reported in the ELSO registry near to 55% at 90 days. This is the reason why ECMO teams force the use of this...
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| description | Introduction. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is nowadays widely used with notable results on the overall survival as reported in the ELSO registry near to 55% at 90 days. This is the reason why ECMO teams force the use of this extreme technique to several populations, even though there is still a lack of data about its use on hematological patients. Case Report. A 39-year-old woman without a history of previous diseases, but a new diagnosis of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) for worsening hypoxia and respiratory acidosis, presenting an ARDS with PaO2/FiO2<100 in spontaneous breathing treated with noninvasive ventilation via full-face mask. Meanwhile, chemotherapy was started leading to a severe bone marrow aplasia that was managed with multiple blood and platelet transfusions. These conditions did not allow physicians to start any invasive approaches. After 14 days, ARDS worsened whereas bone marrow recovered, making possible the beginning of an invasive mechanical ventilation, with low positive end-expiratory pressure and a low tidal volume. Moreover, an immediate extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) therapy was added. Despite these efforts, no improvement was achieved, and that is why venovenous ECMO throughout femoral-jugular cannulation was applied. A full protective lung ventilation by ultralow tidal volumes was guaranteed. After 2 weeks of ECMO, a gradual weaning from ECMO support was started and completed after two days. No ECMO-related complications were registered. In the end, the patient started her weaning from the mechanical ventilation and reached 12 hours of spontaneous ventilation in oxygen therapy. Discussion. ECMO is used as a rescue therapy in patients affected by severe respiratory failure with life-threatening hypoxia and respiratory acidosis nonresponsive to other maneuvers. However, immunosuppression and coagulopathies of hematological malignancies are considered relative contraindications for ECMO, while long-lasting respiratory failure represents another relative contraindication to extracorporeal support. ECMO could be a valid option to improve the survival of hematological patients with severe ARDS and thrombocytopenia, and management could change case by case, even if high incidence of recurrency. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f93ec386e704210bdec05784d871eb02025-08-20T03:38:30ZengWileyCase Reports in Critical Care2090-64392024-01-01202410.1155/2024/7571764Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic LeukemiaMartina Cuccarelli0Lorenzo Schiavoni1Felice Eugenio Agrò2Giuseppe Pascarella3Fabio Costa4Rita Cataldo5Massimiliano Carassiti6Alessia Mattei7Department of Anesthesia and Intensive CareDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive CareDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive CareDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive CareDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive CareDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive CareDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive CareDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive CareIntroduction. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is nowadays widely used with notable results on the overall survival as reported in the ELSO registry near to 55% at 90 days. This is the reason why ECMO teams force the use of this extreme technique to several populations, even though there is still a lack of data about its use on hematological patients. Case Report. A 39-year-old woman without a history of previous diseases, but a new diagnosis of acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) for worsening hypoxia and respiratory acidosis, presenting an ARDS with PaO2/FiO2<100 in spontaneous breathing treated with noninvasive ventilation via full-face mask. Meanwhile, chemotherapy was started leading to a severe bone marrow aplasia that was managed with multiple blood and platelet transfusions. These conditions did not allow physicians to start any invasive approaches. After 14 days, ARDS worsened whereas bone marrow recovered, making possible the beginning of an invasive mechanical ventilation, with low positive end-expiratory pressure and a low tidal volume. Moreover, an immediate extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) therapy was added. Despite these efforts, no improvement was achieved, and that is why venovenous ECMO throughout femoral-jugular cannulation was applied. A full protective lung ventilation by ultralow tidal volumes was guaranteed. After 2 weeks of ECMO, a gradual weaning from ECMO support was started and completed after two days. No ECMO-related complications were registered. In the end, the patient started her weaning from the mechanical ventilation and reached 12 hours of spontaneous ventilation in oxygen therapy. Discussion. ECMO is used as a rescue therapy in patients affected by severe respiratory failure with life-threatening hypoxia and respiratory acidosis nonresponsive to other maneuvers. However, immunosuppression and coagulopathies of hematological malignancies are considered relative contraindications for ECMO, while long-lasting respiratory failure represents another relative contraindication to extracorporeal support. ECMO could be a valid option to improve the survival of hematological patients with severe ARDS and thrombocytopenia, and management could change case by case, even if high incidence of recurrency.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/7571764 |
| spellingShingle | Martina Cuccarelli Lorenzo Schiavoni Felice Eugenio Agrò Giuseppe Pascarella Fabio Costa Rita Cataldo Massimiliano Carassiti Alessia Mattei Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Case Reports in Critical Care |
| title | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia |
| title_full | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia |
| title_fullStr | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia |
| title_short | Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure due to Hemorrhagic Alveolitis in a Patient with Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia |
| title_sort | extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute respiratory failure due to hemorrhagic alveolitis in a patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/7571764 |
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