Extracorporeal Life Support with a Twin-pulse Life Support (T-PLS) System

이중 박동성 인공심폐기(Twin-Pulse Life Support, T-PLS)를 이용한 심폐순환보조

  • Lee, Dong-Hyup (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgety, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Jang-Hoon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgety, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Jung, Tae-Eun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgety, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • 이동협 (영남대학교 의과대학 흉부과학교실) ;
  • 이장훈 (영남대학교 의과대학 흉부과학교실) ;
  • 정태은 (영남대학교 의과대학 흉부과학교실)
  • Published : 2007.07.05

Abstract

A mechanical circulatory support system is a life-saving option for treating acute severe respiratory failure or cardiac failure. There are currently a few types of assist devices and the Twin-Pulse Life Support (T-PLS) system is a kind of pulsatile pump. We report here on three patients with severe life threatening cardiopulmonary dysfunction who had the T-PLS system used as an assist device. The indications for applying the T-PLS system were continuing respiratory or cardiac failure in spite of maximal ventilatory and inotropic support. There were two patients with acute respiratory failure due to infection and one patient with cardiac failure due to acute myocarditis. One respiratory failure patient and one cardiac failure patient survived after applying the T-PLS system for 3 days and 5 days, respectively. The T-PLS system is useful as an assist device and it should be considered before multi-organ failure occurs.

기계적인 순환보조장치는 급성호흡부전이나 심부전에서 생명을 구할 수 있는 방편의 하나이다. 현재 여러 가지 형태의 순환 보조장치가 있으며 Twin-Pulse Life Support (T-PLS) system은 박동형 펌퍼의 한 종류다. 3예의 심한 심폐기능부전 상태 환자에게 순환보조장치로 T-PLS system을 사용하였다. 적응증은 인공호흡기와 강심제를 최대한 사용함에도 불구하고 지속되는 호흡부전이나 심부전이었다. 감염에 의한 호흡부전환자가 2예, 심근염에 의한 심부전 환자가 1예였다. 각각 한 명의 호흡부전환자와 신부전 환자가 생존하였는데 보조장치의 사용시간은 각각 3일과 5일이었다. T-PLS system은 순환보조장치로 유용하게 사용할 수 있으며 다발성 장기부전이 오기 전에 적용하여야 할 것으로 생각된다.

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