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Published on: October 24, 2018
Transhepatic Cannulation for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Leslie A Rhodes1, William C Sasser, William S Mcmahon
1From the *Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, †Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, and ‡Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Abstract:
Limited vascular access because of vessel injury or thrombosis may complicate care of children with congenital heart disease. Although transhepatic venous access for cardiac catheterization and central venous catheter placement has been used in children, its use for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has not been described. We report successful use of transhepatic cannulation for venovenous ECMO to support a 15 month-old child with bidirectional Glenn anatomy and intractable hypoxemia.
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