Burns complicating into Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia requiring ECMO therapy and with favourable outcome

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can serve as an effective lifesaving therapy in burn patients who develop severe ARDS and refractory hypoxia secondary to Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Mustafa Suliman; Nashrah Umme; Amara Umme; Nissar Shaikh; Ibrahim Fawzy

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjag999

November 1, 2026Journal of Surgical Case ReportsOpen Access

Burns complicating into Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia requiring ECMO therapy and with favourable outcome

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Why the study?

Up to 40% of burn patients develop ARDS with hypoxia that may fail to respond to conventional therapy and ventilatory management, and literature on using ECMO in burn patients with ARDS is limited.

Key Points

To document the management and outcome of severe refractory hypoxia using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in a burn patient who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Clinical case report of a burn patient presenting with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) triggered by secondary Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia.
Implementation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) following failure of conventional mechanical ventilation to resolve resistant hypoxia.
Conventional mechanical ventilation and therapy failed to manage severe hypoxia resulting from bacterial pneumonia in the burn setting.
Rescue treatment with ECMO successfully stabilized oxygenation and yielded a favorable clinical outcome.

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Population

Burn patient (n=1) with Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia complicating into acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and resistant hypoxia failing to respond to conventional therapy and ventilatory management

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Intervention

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy

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Outcome

Favourable clinical outcomehard clinical

Limitations

Literature on ECMO use in burn patients with ARDS is limited

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Implication

This case report demonstrates that extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be used with a favourable outcome in a burn patient suffering from severe ARDS and resistant hypoxia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia.

Abstract

Burn injuries are common and carry high morbidity and mortality. Up to 40% of burn patients develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to inhalational injury or infective pneumonia, and hypoxia may fail to respond to conventional therapy and ventilatory management. In this life-threatening scenario, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy can be lifesaving, though literature on its use in burn patients with ARDS is limited. We report a case of Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia complicating into ARDS in a burn patient with resistant hypoxia, requiring ECMO therapy, with a favourable outcome.

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Burns complicating into Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia requiring ECMO therapy and with favourable outcome

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Burns complicating into Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia requiring ECMO therapy and with favourable outcome

Key Points

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