Abstract

After 12 h of ineffective conventional ventilation, the patient was put on ECMO. Because of the suspicion of a possible viral infection, especially with an influenza virus, oseltamivir was administered. The results confirmed the presence of the RNA of the AH1N1 virus and the DNA of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Because the primary cause of respiratory insufficiency was pneumonia, a veno-venous ECMO was applied with the use of the paediatric oxygenator QVAROX-ID and the rotational pump BIOPOMPA RotaFlow (Maquet, Sweden). In February 2014, a nine year old girl (20 kg body weight, 125 cm height) with rare skeletal congenital disorders (epi-metaphyseal dysplasia) was treated due to an infection of upper and then lower respiratory airway, first at home (three days) and then in a district hospital (two days) without any positive effect. Because of the increasing symptoms of respiratory failure, the girl was shifted to the PICU at the University Hospital in Wroclaw.

Details

Title
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a rescue treatment in acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by AH1N1 virus infection
Author
Zielinska, Marzena 1 ; Bartkowska-Sniatkowska, Alicja 2 ; Checinska, Magdalena 3 ; Rosada-Kurasinska, Jowita 2 ; Golebiowski, Waldemar 1 

 Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw 
 Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology & Intensive Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznañ 
 Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology & Intensive Therapy, University Hospital in Wroclaw, Wroclaw 
Pages
630-632
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Oct 2016
Publisher
Scientific Scholar
ISSN
0971-5916
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2258212277
Copyright
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