Korean Journal of Pediatrics (Aug 2011)

2009 H1N1 influenza virus infection and necrotizing pneumonia treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

  • Suntae Ji,
  • Ok Jeong Lee,
  • Ji-Hyuk Yang,
  • Kangmo Ahn,
  • Joongbum Cho,
  • Soo In Jeong,
  • Woo-sik Han,
  • Yae-Jean Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2011.54.8.345
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 8
pp. 345 – 349

Abstract

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A 3-year-old girl with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to a H1N1 2009 influenza virus infection was complicated by necrotizing pneumonia was successfully treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This is the first reported case in which a pediatric patient was rescued with ECMO during the H1N1 influenza epidemic in Korea in 2009.

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