K. Raisbahrami et al., MALPOSITION OF EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION CANNULAS IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC-HERNIA, The Journal of pediatrics, 122(5), 1993, pp. 794-797
We describe two infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia who under
went extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and in whom the venous cannul
a 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 diaphr
agmatic hernia.