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(Chest. 1972;62:690-693.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Longterm Support with a Membrane Lung

Allen I. Pois M.D.1; Leslie Katzman R.N., C.P.T.1; Carl B. Weston M.D.1; Sanford Mackman M.D.1; and Lawrence I. Gottlieb M.D.1

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Internal Medicine, and Department of Surgery of the Jackson Clinic and the Methodist Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin

A case of longterm support with a membrane lung is presented. The problems of cannulation, anticoagulation and perfusion techniques are outlined and discussed. Although the patient eventually died of her primary disease, the physiologic data indicated a reversal of the pulmonary defect permitting termination of the perfusion after six days.






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