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cord-000308-cxr1ul7q	Cianchi, Giovanni	Ventilatory and ECMO treatment of H1N1-induced severe respiratory failure: results of an Italian referral ECMO center	2011-01-11		.txt	text/plain	4325	239	42	BACKGROUND: Since the first outbreak of a respiratory illness caused by H1N1 virus in Mexico, several reports have described the need of intensive care or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) assistance in young and often healthy patients. Since the first outbreak of a respiratory illness caused by Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Mexico [1] , several reports have described the need of intensive care [2] [3] [4] or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) assistance [5] in young and often healthy patients. In the present investigation we report our experience, as an ECMO referral center, in H1N1-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and we present the critical care service planning in response to the H1N1 pandemic. List of abbreviations ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; BMI: body mass index; CVVH: continuous veno-venous hemofiltration; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay; LUS: lung ultrasound; RT-PCR: real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase-chain-reaction; SAPS: simplified acute physiology score.	./cache/cord-000308-cxr1ul7q.txt	./txt/cord-000308-cxr1ul7q.txt