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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
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(8):345-349.   Published online August 31, 2011

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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