title: Case study of a high-risk neonate failing to thrive post-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and post-necrotizing enterocolitis.
abstract: Infants discharged from neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) often face a long journey of chronic illness, family stresses, and financial burdens. Health care professionals involved in acute care need to be aware of the far-reaching repercussions of neonatal illness. This report presents a case study of a low-income, single mother from a rural community and her son, a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) graduate post-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and post-necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) discharged with a gastronomy tube (g-tube) and failure to thrive (FTT), from his birth to 10 months of age. Family-focused interventions aimed at improving growth and developmental delays and providing family support will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of South Carolina Children's Hospital, Charleston 29425-2404.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Bishop
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lobo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002654:Child Care; D002657:Child Development; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors