Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza, pregnancy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Welch, Susan A; Snowden, Leone N; Buscher, Hergen

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03675.x

Topics

Women's health

Infectious diseases

Anesthesia, analgesia and pain

Respiratory tract diseases

To the Editor: Treatment of critically ill pregnant women is challenging, and information on medication use during pregnancy is scant. We describe the case of a pregnant woman who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), prolonged sedation and paralysis to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza.

1 St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
2 NSW Medicines Information Centre, Sydney, NSW.

Correspondence: swelch@stvincents.com.au

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