Neonatal pertussis requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Despite widespread immunization against Bordetella pertussis, whooping cough remains potentially fatal in susceptible populations such as neonates. A case of neonatal pertussis with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) requiring extracorporal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is described. PH associated with pertussis severe enough to require ECMO is frequently irreversible and associated with a poor prognosis.
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NICU, Division of Newborn Medicine, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, 10240 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5H 3V9.
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D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011379:Prognosis; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000628:therapy*