title: Cesarean section during ECMO support.
abstract: This article presents the case of a pregnant woman affected by A/H1N1 flu progressed to ARDS requiring rescue therapy by VV ECMO. Due to the early gestational age, the patient was placed on ECMO before delivery. Four weeks after VV-ECMO placement, a Cesarean section was successfully performed while on ECMO support. One week after delivery, the patient was weaned from ECMO and at 8 weeks from admission she was discharged home without O2 support. The newborn is alive and was discharged at 40 days of age on neurological follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), via Tricomi 1, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panarello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Ancona
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capitanio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Occhipinti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Attardo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arcadipane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*