Resumen de Adición de un cortocircuito arterio-venoso durante el soporte vital extracorpóreo veno-arterial de un paciente con síndrome cardiopulmonar por Hantavirus: Caso clínico
Vinko Tomicic, Mauricio Espinoza R, Javier Torres M, Juan Abarca Z, José Miguel Montes S, Mario Luppi N, Andrés Concha F, Enrique Reynolds, Alberto Laporte M, Claudio Canals L, Pablo Vial C
A subgroup of patients infected with the Hantavirus develops a pulmonary syndrome (HPS) characterized by severe acute respiratory failure and myocardial depression, that has a high mortality rate. Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) could be a valuable therapeutic tool in such patients. We report a 24 years old male with HPS that was successfully managed when an arterio-venous shunt was added to a conventional veno-arterial ECLS technique. Precise criteria have been developed to predict which patients should be considered for this treatment
