Initial clinical experience with Dideco Kids D100 neonatal oxygenator.
We describe our initial clinical experience with the new hollow fibre membrane oxygenator Dideco Kids D100, used in five patients with a mean age of 21 +/- 28 days. The priming volume is 31 ml with a membrane surface area of 0.22 m2. Data were compared with those deriving from five patients treated with Dideco D901 Lilliput 1 oxygenator. Among patients treated by the new Dideco Kids D100 oxygenator, priming volume was significantly reduced and an easier blood gas delivery was evident.
Pace Napoleone
Carlo
C
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. pace@aosp.bo.it
Oppido
Guido
G
Angeli
Emanuela
E
Shekho
Nazar
N
De Toni
Erika
E
Bruzzi
Franco
F
Gargiulo
Gaetano
G
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010106:Oxygenators