PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shuai Wang
AU  - Mengyuan Diao
AU  - Jianrong Wang
AU  - Qiao Gu
AU  - Ying Zhu
AU  - Wei Hu
AU  - Bingwei Liu
TI  - Two cases of intestinal perforation due to mesenteric artery embolism during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and intra-aortic balloon pumping
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0162
DP  - 2022 Jul 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 360--363
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/4/360.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/4/360.full
SO  - Clin Med2022 Jul 01; 22
AB  - The patient in case 1 was a 50-year-old man who presented to the emergency department of the local hospital with chest pain and syncope for 3 hours due to acute myocardial infarction. He underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) followed by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and intestinal perforation was detected on day 9. The patient in case 2 was a 58-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain lasting for 3 days. He also required CPR and ECMO for cardiogenic shock, and intestinal perforation was identified on day 7 of ECMO. We believe that this case report will be important to alert clinicians to the possibility of this complication and to encourage early detection and intervention to improve prognosis. Conventionally, the gastrointestinal tract has received secondary attention in patients receiving ECMO support because the vital organs tend to be considered first. However, this case report illustrates the importance of monitoring gastrointestinal function in patients undergoing ECMO.