COVID-19 patient receives ECMO in Bac Ninh
VOV.VN - A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patient in the northern province of Bac Ninh has received extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a sophisticated form of therapy that is used to save the lives of patients in a critical condition.
Five days before being admitted to the General Hospital in Bac Ninh province the 80-year-old patient had been showing COVID-19 symptoms, including a persistent coughing and a mild fever. He was later transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No.2 to receive further treatment on May 26.
After being hospitalised for three days, the patient’s condition began to deteriorate rapidly and he showed signs of suffering from severe lung damage. He was later diagnosed with severe pneumonia due to respiratory failure caused by COVID-19. As a result of the critical nature of these developments he was urgently given ECMO on May 29.
This marks the fourth COVID-19 case at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases to be given ECMO.
At present, the hospital is treating 350 COVID-19 patients, of which 48 cases are in critical conditions. In addition, 39 require oxygen support, three are relying on non-invasive mechanical ventilation, and 19 need ventilators to assist with breathing.
