Management of Alveolar Proteinosis by Bronchopulmonary lavage under Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

authors:

avatar Hedayatollah Elyasi , avatar Alireza Jahangirifard ORCID 1

Assistant Professor, Anesthesiologist, Fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Journal of Cellular & Molecular Anesthesia: Vol.1, issue 1; e150241
article type: Brief Communications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22037/jcma.v1i1.10604

how to cite: Elyasi H, Jahangirifard A. Management of Alveolar Proteinosis by Bronchopulmonary lavage under Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). J Cell Mol Anesth. 2016;1(1):e150241. https://doi.org/10.22037/jcma.v1i1.10604.

Abstract

The gold standard of treating Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is bronchopulmonary lavage (BPL). We describe a rare case of BPD for PAP, who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) due to hypoventilation in the setting of one-lung ventilation. First, the clinical course of the patient is presented; furthermore, the biomolecular basis of PAP and new treatment approaches is discussed. ?