Extracorporeal life support for cardiac arrest in a paediatric emergency department
Singapore medical journal
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: e37-8, 2014.
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em Inglês
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| ID: wpr-274267
ABSTRACT
The initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the emergency department (ED) is a rare event. Herein, we report a case of acute fulminant myocarditis in a nine-year-old girl who was successfully resuscitated by early initiation of ECMO support in the paediatric ED of KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. The patient had rapidly progressed into a witnessed pulseless ventricular tachycardia on presentation, and ECMO was started in the ED following the failure of standard resuscitation measures to establish spontaneous circulation. ECMO was continued for nine days. The patient recovered well with normal neurocognitive function. The initiation of ECMO in the ED is potentially life-saving in the resuscitation of children with witnessed in-hospital cardiac arrest due to a reversible cause.
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Assunto principal:
Pediatria
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Ressuscitação
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Taquicardia
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Terapêutica
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Fibrilação Ventricular
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Oxigenação por Membrana Extracorpórea
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Resultado do Tratamento
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Reanimação Cardiopulmonar
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Progressão da Doença
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Diagnóstico
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Singapore medical journal
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
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