Neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Initial experience of Hospital de São João.
The purpose of this series is to report the initial ECMO experience of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Hospital de São João. The first three clinical cases are reported. Case report 1: a 39 weeks gestational age girl with severe lung hypoplasia secondary to a bilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Case report 2: a 39 weeks gestational age girl with a right congenital diaphragmatic hernia and a tracheal stenosis. Case report 3: a 34 weeks gestational age boy, with 61 days of life, with a Bordetella pertussis pneumonia, severe pulmonary hypertension, shock, hyperleukocytosis and seizures.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: gusrocha@oninet.pt.
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Rocha
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
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Soares
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
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Henriques-Coelho
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
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Correia-Pinto
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.
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Monteiro
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
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Guimarães
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal; Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
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Roncon-Albuquerque
D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male
Bordetella pertussis infection; Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Estenose traqueal; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Hérnia diafragmática congénita; Infeção por Bordetella pertussis; Newborn; Oxigenação por membrana extracorporal; Recém-nascido; Tracheal stenosis