Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Koichiro Ogura

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• Case Report
  A Case of Successful Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Cardiac Arrest Associated with Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia
  Author(s): Koichiro Ogura, Takehiko Oami, Noriyuki Hattori, Eizo Watanabe, Ryuzo Abe, Tomoaki Hashida, Takayuki Toma and Shigeto Oda Koichiro Ogura, Takehiko Oami, Noriyuki Hattori, Eizo Watanabe, Ryuzo Abe, Tomoaki Hashida, Takayuki Toma and Shigeto Oda
  
  Background: We report a case of successful extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for cardiac arrest associated with nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI). Case presentation: A 34-year-old previously healthy woman in the sixth week of her second pregnancy was carried to our hospital for abdominal pain and vomiting. She had apparent peritoneal irritation signs with marked hyperglycemia and metabolic acidosis and developed refractory shock. Since portal venous gas and intestinal dilatation without enhancement in contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) were observed, a subtotal resection of the small intestine and right hemicolectomy against widespread intestinal necrosis were performed as an emergency operation. The patient returned to the intensive care unit (ICU) with open abdominal management. Severe respiratory failure gradua.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000322

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