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專論與專訪
名
醫專訪
馮廣泉
(本刊主編)、
薛 原
(資深記者)
Fung Kwong Chuen, Xi Chu
A THOROUGH ACCOUNT
BY DR LI BIN FEI: ECMO
LIFE SAVING MIRACLE: AN
INTERVIEWWITH DR LI BIN
FEI, DEPARTMENT OF
ANAESTHESIA,
ZHONGSHAN CITY
PEOPLES' HOSPITAL
ECMO (extra-corporeal mem-
brane oxygenation) supplements
mechanical ventilators of intensive
care units (ICU). It pumps blood out
for gaseous exchange (functioning
as a lung) until the patient's diseased
heart and lungs recover. As the suc-
cessful applications are mainly con-
fined to newborns, the indications
of ECMO are specifically for the new-
borns or paediatric patients.
However, in Zhongshan Peoples'
Hospital, a unique example on the
application of the ECMO has their
own success stories as applied in the
operating theatres and emergency
rooms. For example, a 39-year old
man with coronaries admitted in
deep coma and without any respira-
tion had a breathing tube put into
the trachea (windpipe) for mechani-
cal ventilation purposes. Then, after
a 4-min. run of the ECMO, his heart
started beating again; some hours
later, ECMO could be withdrawn and
mechanical ventilation continued.
After a coronary bypass operation,
he was out of the ICU 4 days later;
went home 10 days later. Dr Li Bin
Fei says one of their ECMO is placed
in the Operating Theatre; another, in
the Emergency Room; even a por-
table ECMO is also being planned.
李斌飛醫生暢談-
ECMO救命顯奇蹟
-訪中山市人民醫院麻醉科
一位外來打工的26歲李德娥,因患感冒後併發「暴發性
心肌炎」,導致心肌收縮無力,使心臟失去了泵血功能,患
者極有可能迅速死亡。在生命垂危的緊急關頭,中山市人民
醫院的急診醫生,立即請麻醉科會診及參與搶救,麻醉科
正、副主任張志剛、李斌飛醫生,出動了他們醫院的救命設
備-ECMO,同時配合強心和抗病毒藥物治療,終於將頻
臨死亡的李德娥從死神的魔掌中奪了回來。半個月後,李德
娥終於走出了醫院的大門。訪者為了進一步瞭解ECMO在
搶救病人關鍵時刻,究竟如何能有起死回生的奇效,因此特
遠赴中山市人民醫院麻醉科作專訪,並為讀者報導 ECMO
救命顯奇蹟的有關情況。
多次出現心臟停跳
一位在中山市某手袋廠打工的26歲李德娥,感冒一周後的某
一天晚上,忽然感到面色蒼白、胸悶氣急、頭暈乏力,同伴見狀
趕緊呼叫救護車,將她送到中山市人民醫院急診室,剛到醫院她
就暈倒了。經急診室醫生檢查後,被診斷為「暴發性心肌炎」。該
病可導致心肌無效收縮,使心臟失去泵血功能,如果不及時搶
救,患者極有可能迅速死亡。在生命緊急垂危關頭,任何藥物已
回天乏術,因為只有心臟正常跳動,才能保證她有接受治療的機
會,而她已經
多次出現了心
臟停跳,死神
已向她發出召
喚。
急診醫生
當機立斷,立
即邀請麻醉科
兩位主任醫生
會診,他們出
動ECMO急救
器械,參與緊
急搶救。
晚上 1 1
點多,李德娥
用上了ECMO
設備後,再配
合應用強心和
抗病毒等藥
物,這些藥物
在心臟恢復跳