INHALED NITRIC-OXIDE FOLLOWED BY EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION IN RESUSCITATING A NEWBORN WITH HYPOXEMIA

Authors
KUKITA I OKAMOTO K KIKUTA K HAMAGUCHI M OKAMOTO T TERASAKI H
Citation
I. Kukita et al., INHALED NITRIC-OXIDE FOLLOWED BY EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGENATION IN RESUSCITATING A NEWBORN WITH HYPOXEMIA, Acta Paediatrica Japonica Overseas Edition, 40(1), 1998, pp. 91-92
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Acta Paediatrica Japonica Overseas Edition → ACNP
ISSN journal
03745600
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
91 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0374-5600(1998)40:1<91:INFBEM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In a newborn requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation because of hypoxe mia due to sepsis (oxygenation index > 40), inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) in a concentration of 16 p.p.m. improved oxygenation and restore d spontaneous circulation. Cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxy genation (ECMO) then was performed safely under NO inhalation. ECMO wa s discontinued on day 7, and on day 14 the infant was extubated. Durin g follow-up examination at 5 months of age no neurological abnormaliti es were found. This case shows the usefulness of combining inhaled NO and ECMO.