Successful management of long-term venovenous ECMO for severe PARDS in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
A 5-year-old boy with low-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed severe, refractory pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome during induction therapy, with profound hypoxemia.
Clinical pearl
In this case, prolonged VV-ECMO was feasible as rescue support for potentially reversible respiratory failure in a child with ALL and a favorable oncological prognosis.