title: Cross-country transfer between two children's hospitals of a child using ambulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to lung transplant.
abstract: With a limited number of pediatric lung transplant programs, the transfer of patients will be required for appropriate candidates. Pediatric patients have been successfully transferred using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) with no previous reports using ambulatory single-site venovenous (VV) ECMO via a bicaval dual-lumen (BCDL) catheter as a method for transport to a lung transplant center in order to bridge to lung transplantation. Therefore, we present the successful transfer of a 13-yr-old female on ambulatory VV ECMO between two free-standing children's hospitals and then bridged to bilateral lung transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA. hayes.705@osu.edu
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galantowicz
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Preston
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tellez
authors.forename: Patrick I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Heidi J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Dalton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000401:Aircraft; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000628:therapy*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D009220:Myositis / Q000150:complications; D010360:Patient Transfer; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
keywords: bridge; cross-country; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; interhospital transfer; lung transplantation; venovenous