Long Term Follow up of Patients Who Were Treated With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 Induced Severe Respiratory Failure

Karolinska University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Long Term Outcome

Treatments: Radiation: CT scan; Radiation: MRI; Behavioral: Cognitive function

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01763060

Dnr 2012/986-31/3

Long term outcome (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ecmo) for severe respiratory or circulatory failure show severe long term disability due to impaired lung -, cerebral-, cognitive function and impaired quality of life. This study investigates the long term outcome of all patients who are still alive three years after ECMO treatment for severe respiratory failure during the H1N1 2009 pandemic at the Karolinska University Hospital.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Survivors of ECMO treatment for influenza a/h1n1 pneumonia during 2009/2010 pandemics at the ECMO Center Karolinska

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

7 participants in 1 patient group

ECMO survivors

Description:

CT scan of the chest of all ECMO survivors after 2009/2010 pandemics Tests for cognitive function MRI of the brain Lung function

Treatment:

Radiation: CT scan

Radiation: MRI

Behavioral: Cognitive function