Author(s)

Kayo Sugiyama^*, Hirotaka Watanuki, Masaho Okada, Yasuhiro Futamura, Atomu Tajima, Rokuki Kiyosawa, Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute, Japan.

Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is characterized by acute severe hypoxemia with bilateral noncardiogenic pulmonary edema after transfusion of a plasma-containing blood component. In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, the incidence of TRALI is high; however, the detailed clinical course is unknown. Here, we report a case of life-threatening TRALI following pulmonary thrombectomy, which was successfully treated with extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO).

Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Acute Pulmonary Emboli

Sugiyama, K. , Watanuki, H. , Okada, M. , Futamura, Y. , Tajima, A. , Kiyosawa, R. and Matsuyama, K. (2018) Successful Extracorporeal Membranous Oxygenation with Possible Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury after Pulmonary Endarterectomy. Open Journal of Thoracic Surgery, 8, 57-62. doi: 10.4236/ojts.2018.83010.