First experiences in the Netherlands with a new single catheter-based veno-venous extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal system

A 34-year-old woman suffering from severe systemic lupus erythematodus was admitted to the ICU with respiratory failure due to a pneumocystis jirovecii infection resulting in severe hypercapnia which could not be controlled with conventional strategies. A new single catheter-based CO2 removal system was initiated in order to control severe hypercapnia. The case and relevant literature are discussed.