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Successful Treatment with Empirical Erlotinib in a Patient with Respiratory Failure Caused by Extensive Lung Adenocarcinoma: Suk Hyeon Jeong, Sang-Won Um, Hyun Lee, Kyeongman Jeon, Kyung Jong Lee, Gee Young Suh, Man Pyo Chung, Hojoong Kim, O Jung Kwon, Yoon La Choi; Korean J Crit Care Med. 2016;31(1):44-48. Published online February 29, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2016.31.1.44

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We herein describe a 70-year-old woman who presented with respiratory failure due to extensive lung adenocarcinoma. Despite advanced disease, care in the intensive care unit with ventilator support was performed because she was a newly diagnosed patient and was considered to have the potential to recover after cancer treatment. Because prompt control of the cancer was needed to treat the respiratory failure, empirical treatment with an oral epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor was initiated before confirmation of EGFR-mutant adenocarcinoma, and the patient was successfully treated. Later, EGFR-mutant adenocarcinoma was confirmed.

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Lung cancer with superior vena cava syndrome diagnosed by intravascular biopsy using EBUS-TBNA
Daegeun Lee, Seong Mi Moon, Dongwuk Kim, Juwon Kim, Haseong Chang, Bumhee Yang, Suk Hyeon Jeong, Kyung Jong Lee
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports.2016; 19: 177. CrossRef

A Case of Prolonged Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case Report: Byung Hoon Park, Joon Chang, Se Kyu Kim, Young Ae Kang, Ji Young Son, Kyung Jong Lee, Yoe Wun Yoon, Ji Ae Jung, Sak Lee, Moo Suk Park; Korean J Crit Care Med. 2010;25(1):37-42.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2010.25.1.37

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When all the conventional treatments have failed for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can offer these patients a chance to survive. We report here on a case of successful treatment with prolonged ECMO support for a patient with severe ARDS. A 41-year-old female patient with acute A-viral hepatitis developed pneumonia and progressive ARDS. After tracheostomy, her clinical condition deteriorated despite proper antibiotic administration and other conventional treatments, including the recruitment maneuver and steroid use. Venoarterial ECMO was given for the management of refractory hypoxemia that developed 14 days after the initiation of mechanical ventilation. The duration of ECMO support was 4 weeks, and she was successfully weaned off ECMO and mechanical ventilation.

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Early Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Massive Aspiration during Anesthesia Induction
Namo Kim, Kwan Hyung Kim, Jeong Min Kim, Su Youn Choi, Sungwon Na
The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine.2015; 30(2): 109. CrossRef
Massive Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Caused by the Aspiration of Gastric Contents during Induction of Anesthesia in Patients with Adhesive Ileus - A Case Report -
Ji Seon Jeong, Jong Hun Jun, Hyo Jin Song, Hee Koo Yoo
Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine.2012; 27(2): 115. CrossRef
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Definitive Airway Security in 3 Severe Acute Extrinsic Airway Compression Patients - A Case Report -
Jiwon Lyu, Jin Won Huh, Chae Man Lim, Youn Suck Koh, Sang Bum Hong
The Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine.2011; 26(1): 29. CrossRef

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