Streptococcus pyogenes purpura fulminans and septic shock: A case highlighting the ethical considerations of high-risk extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

We report a novel case of refractory shock requiring veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous renal replacement therapy due to Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia with purpura fulminans to highlight the ethical challenges in offering extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to a patient with such a poor likelihood of survival. PMID: 31984828 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Int J Artif Organs Source Type: research