Cerebral outcome in adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) carries a high risk of brain injury. The aim of this study was to determine the cerebral status in 28 adult survivors on average 5.0 (range, 0.

[Acute respiratory failure caused by myotonic dystrophy].

Background: Respiratory insufficiency is not always caused by pulmonary diseases or diseases involving the pulmonary vasculature.

Material And Method: We present a case history of a 29-year-old patient with acute respiratory insufficiency following a gynaecological operation.

Results: Ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy and spiral-CT of thorax excluded pulmonary embolism.

[Perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage].

Acute, non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage is usually caused by a ruptured aneurysm. This is a serious condition involving high mortality. Perimesencephalic haemorrhage has recently been identified as a clinical subset of subarachnoid haemorrhage.