Emergency management of foreign body airway obstruction using veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) in an elderly woman: A case report

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We report the case of an elderly woman who developed acute respiratory failure due to a foreign body airway obstruction. Initial attempts to relieve the obstruction via flexible bronchoscopy were unsuccessful, while rigid bronchoscopy was considered high-risk because of prior extensive airway manipulation and failure of a first attempt due to concomitant presence of an endotracheal tube. To facilitate safe extubation and subsequent foreign body removal, the patient was placed on a short course of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO). She was successfully extubated, the foreign body was removed, and she was discharged without further complications.

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