| Literature DB >> 21536364 |
M Arlt1, A Philipp, S Voelkel, B M Graf, C Schmid, M Hilker.
Abstract
We report the use of out-of-hospital extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in cardiac arrest. We treated a 9-year-old girl with cardiac arrest after warm-water drowning with percutaneous venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) using a new portable Mini-ECMO system. A beating-heart circulation was reestablished on ECMO, but, unfortunately, our patient did not survive. This case shows that Mini-ECMO support can be used to restore an effective circulation and gas exchange in the out-of-hospital setting.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21536364 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.022
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Resuscitation ISSN: 0300-9572 Impact factor: 5.262