ECMO
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become an established mode of therapy in many centers for potentially fatal neonatal respiratory failure refractory to conventional therapy.
Synopsis
pulmonary interstitial hemorrhages
pulmonary alveolar hemorrhages
alveolar hyaline membranes
reactive epithelial hyperplasia
- bronchial
- type II pneumocytes
squamous metaplasia
smooth muscle hyperplasia
interstitial fibrosis
replacement of the terminal airways and alveoli by tall columnar and mucin-producing epithelium
pulmonary calcifications
- alveolar calcifications
- bronchiolar calcifications
References
Chou P, Blei ED, Shen-Schwarz S, Gonzalez-Crussi F, Reynolds M. Pulmonary changes following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: autopsy study of 23 cases. Hum Pathol. 1993 Apr;24(4):405-12. PMID: #8491481#