Prolonged high frequency jet ventilation and milrinone therapy following modified Fontan procedure.
An 11-year-old boy who underwent a modified Fontan procedure required surgical re-exploration the next day. Profound cardiogenic shock developed and he required high frequency jet ventilation and milrinone therapy for 15 days. After 11 days of high frequency jet ventilation he developed a tracheal mucous plug leading to a hypoxic cardiac arrest from which he was successfully resuscitated.
McBride
W T
WT
Department of Clinical Anaesthesia, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
McMurray
T J
TJ
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020105:Milrinone; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D011728:Pyridones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012086:Reoperation; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D011728:Pyridones; D020105:Milrinone