Term abdominal pregnancy, meconium aspiration, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
This report describes a term gestation abdominal pregnancy resulting in meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) complicated by pulmonary hypertension. These cases occur infrequently. In this instance, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was successfully utilized to support the infant after conventional neonatal medical support failed to yield sufficient oxygenation.
D000328:Adult; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008470:Meconium; D010107:Oxygenators, Membrane; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal; D013577:Syndrome