title: Extracorporeal CO2 removal in a child with a single ventricle by the addition of an oxygenator to a dialysis circuit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To optimize CO2 removal in a child with a single ventricle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A ten-bed pediatric intensive care unit in a university-affiliated hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 6-yr-old boy with a single ventricle who underwent a Fontan procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Addition of a membrane oxygenator to a venovenous hemodialysis circuit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient respiratory variables were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A clinically significant improvement in CO2 removal was achieved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Addition of a membrane oxygenator to a dialysis circuit facilitates CO2 removal.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-9134, USA.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Kelly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Calvert
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gustafson
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Steelman
authors.forename: Kathleen R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Dianne G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Muchant
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010106:Oxygenators; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide