Open AccessPediatric Veno-Veno Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Rescue From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Author(s) -
David A. Baran,
Kelly Stelling,
Derrick McQueen,
Mark Pearson,
Vaishali Shah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric emergency care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.449
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1535-1815
pISSN - 0749-5161
DOI - 10.1097/pec.0000000000001486
Subject(s) - medicine , extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , carbon monoxide poisoning , carboxyhemoglobin , anesthesia , resuscitation , surgery , poison control , emergency medicine , carbon monoxide , biochemistry , chemistry , catalysis
Carbon monoxide poisoning affects approximately 5000 children per year and can be challenging to diagnose and treat (Pediatr Emerg Med Pract. 2016;13:1-24). It is in the differential diagnosis of a patient presented with altered consciousness. Patients may look quite "pink" and well perfused, but are often in serious distress. We present the first case in the literature of carbon monoxide poisoning treated with the use of veno-veno extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).