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Chest X-ray of patient on admission to local hospital post-intubation
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Fig1
A post-intubation chest x-ray showed four-quadrant airspace 'ground glass' opacification (Fig. 1).
High-resolution CT images on day 1 of ECMO (a) and 9 months post-discharge (b)
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Fig2
At this ECMO centre, a further high-resolution CT scan was performed demonstrating persistent consolidation with pronounced branching nodularity and extensive mediastinal emphysema (Fig. 2a) with a normal CT head, abdomen and pelvis.