Open AccessUnusual drug response and hemodynamics, VA – ECMO. A case report
Author(s) -
Fayaz Mohammed Khazi,
Obaid Aljassim,
Abdel AzizTarek,
Stéphane Robert,
Ashraf Elhoufi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
egyptian journal of critical care medicine /egyptian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-9209
pISSN - 2090-7303
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejccm.2016.02.003
Subject(s) - medicine , sedation , pharmacokinetics , hemodynamics , drug , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , pharmacology
Maintaining higher sedation in patients undergoing ECMO therapy is crucial. Currently no definite sedation strategy has been proposed in the literature, as the pharmacokinetics of the medications in these patients is still not clear. We would like to report a case of a patient with uncontrollable diverse clinical response to medications during arteriovenous (AV) compared to venovenous (VV) ECMO