NEONATAL PULMONARY-INSUFFICIENCY CAUSED BY ADENOVIRUS INFECTION SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION

Authors
KINNEY JS HIERHOLZER JC THIBAULT DW
Citation
Js. Kinney et al., NEONATAL PULMONARY-INSUFFICIENCY CAUSED BY ADENOVIRUS INFECTION SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION, The Journal of pediatrics, 125(1), 1994, pp. 110-112
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
125
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
110 - 112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)125:1<110:NPCBAI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Two infants with fulminant early-onset sepsis syndrome and respiratory failure are described. Adenovirus was isolated from cultures from bot h patients. Complications during pregnancy and respiratory failure tha t required tracheal intubation at birth suggested congenital infection . Both infants were successfully treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.