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Comment
. 2019 Dec 23;23(1):418.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2703-3.

"Better be awake"-a role for awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Pneumocystis pneumonia

Klaus Stahl  1 , Benjamin Seeliger  2 , Marius M Hoeper  2 , Sascha David  3
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"Better be awake"-a role for awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to Pneumocystis pneumonia

Klaus Stahl et al. Crit Care. .
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Survival in intubated vs. awake and in HIV vs. no HIV patients with PcP-associated ARDS receiving ECMO support. Kaplan-Meier graphs showing the 40-day survival course in awake (n = 6) and intubated (n = 10), HIV (n = 6) and no HIV (n = 10) patients, as well as all VV-ECMO patients with PcP-associated ARDS (mortality awake ECMO 2/6, 33% vs. intubated ECMO 9/10, 90%, p = 0.01, mortality HIV patients 4/6, 67% vs. no HIV patients 7/10, 70%, p = 0.51)
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