Key result
VA-ECMO enables recovery from chemotherapy-induced leukopenic septic shock in a young patient.
Why the study?
The indication for veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for septic shock in immunosuppressed states remains controversial.
VA-ECMO may be a viable rescue therapy for chemotherapy-induced leukopenic septic shock in carefully selected patients.
May support VA-ECMO rescue in selected chemotherapy-induced leukopenic septic shock; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
We present a case of chemotherapy-induced leukopenic septic shock treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). Although the indication for VA-ECMO for septic shock in immunosuppressed states remains controversial, her relatively young age and a slightly increasing leukocyte count led to VA-ECMO induction and resulted in recovery.
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Hoshino et al. (2023) studied this question. Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) successfully treated chemotherapy-induced leukopenic septic shock in a young patient, resulting in recovery.
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