title: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in postoperative pediatric cardiac surgical cases.
abstract: We prospectively analyzed the results of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) done in our Pediatric Cardiac Unit from January to December 2007. We present a series of nine patients who required ECMO after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD). The overall survival rate of these patients was 77.8%. The survival rate was 100% in patients who were electively put on ECMO after intracardiac repair for tetralogy of fallot, 50% in patients who were put on ECMO following the arterial switch operation and 50% in patients who were put on ECMO after VSD closure. Our results seem to suggest that patients placed on ECMO electively rather than after a cardiac arrest posts congenital cardiac surgeries have a better outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Sciences Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Jamuna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.forename: Shekar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Chinnaswamy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome