Prolonged VV‐ECMO as a Bridge to Recovery From Persistent Hepatopulmonary Syndrome After Liver Transplantation: A Case Report
Paweł Topolewski, Joanna Banatkiewicz, Wojciech Figiel, Anna Drobińska, Monika Budnik, Piotr Remiszewski, Katarzyna Błońska, Waldemar Patkowski, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Michał Grąt · 2026
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A large team of doctors in Poland reports a single hard case in 2026, that of an 18-year-old man after a liver transplant. His lungs kept too little oxygen in his blood due to wide lung vessels, a flaw tied to liver disease. Usual oxygen care failed, so the team kept him for a long time on a machine that adds oxygen to blood outside the body.
The report walks through his past liver harm as a child, the tests that proved the lung flaw, and the long run on the machine. It notes that most such runs last under 30 days, so a long run is rare. Scans of the heart helped the team judge when to wean him and how to handle clots and other risks. The case backs long support as a bridge while the lungs heal.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Paweł Topolewski, Joanna Banatkiewicz, Wojciech Figiel, Anna Drobińska, Monika Budnik, Piotr Remiszewski, Katarzyna Błońska, Waldemar Patkowski, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Michał Grąt |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |