Combined use of veno‐venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and asynchronous independent lung ventilation after thoracic surgery for lung abscess

Abstract

Key Clinical Message We used independent lung ventilation (ILV) during veno‐venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V‐V ECMO) after lung abscess surgery in a patient with severe hypoxia and air leak. ILV can be effective in V‐V ECMO as unilateral lung air leak.

Keywords

• extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• lung abscess
• pneumothorax
• pulmonary atelectasis
• respiratory insufficiency