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cord-006181-fkh2fzbr	Bednarczyk, Joseph M.	Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for blastomycosis-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a case series	2015-04-08		.txt	text/plain	3529	232	42	This report describes the clinical course of four consecutive patients with blastomycosis-related ARDS treated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) during 2009-2014. 3 Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been utilized for the management of severe ARDS to facilitate gas exchange, allow lung rest by deescalation of ventilatory support, and provide time for resolution of the underlying disease. 7 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is generally considered in ARDS patients with refractory hypoxemia or hypercapnia despite a lung protective ventilation strategy or in those where the maintenance of adequate gas exchange requires potentially injurious applied volumes or pressures. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may be an effective treatment modality for patients with blastomycosis-related ARDS and refractory hypoxemia despite optimal mechanical ventilation. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in fulminant blastomycosis in Germany	./cache/cord-006181-fkh2fzbr.txt	./txt/cord-006181-fkh2fzbr.txt