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Malposition of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulas in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia
K Rais-Bahrami1, G R Martin, J J Schnitzer
1Department of Neonatology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20010-2970.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
We describe two infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and in whom the venous cannula was in the left atrium instead of the right. The routine radiograph of the chest failed to demonstrate the malposition. We recommend using the echocardiogram to confirm the position of the cannula or to guide the surgeon during the cannulation of patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.