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Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Mouse
Published on: October 24, 2018
Novel pH1N1 viral cardiomyopathy requiring veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Sujata Subramanian1, Jonna D Clark, Howard E Jeffries
1Divisions of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
Objective:
To report a case of pH1N1 viral infection presenting as heart failure requiring mechanical extracorporeal life support.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
Pediatric intensive care unit at a regional children's hospital.
Patient:
Obese 15-yr-old boy who presented with pH1N1-related cardiomyopathy and respiratory failure that required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Interventions:
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, echocardiography, high-frequency oscillating ventilation.
Measurements And Main Results:
Discovery of severe dilated cardiomyopathy and respiratory failure.
Conclusions:
Patients with pH1N1 may present in profound heart failure in addition to respiratory failure. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may play an important role in managing these complex patients.
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