Effect of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in treatment of covid-19 patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious infection caused by the newly discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel virus causing from very mild symptoms to severe symptoms associated with high morbidity and mortality.

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, dry mouth and tiredness, sore throat, headache, loss of taste or smell, diarrhea, conjunctivitis, and sometimes a skin rash.

In severe cases, some patients require mechanical ventilator support in a prone position to improve their oxygenation.

In extreme cases, despite all the above measures, patients are required to have extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support to improve oxygenation.

The two most common types of ECMO are veno-arterial (VA) and veno venous (VV).

This case report presents a positive outcome when VV-ECMO was used in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome at the hospital’s field intensive care unit.