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Cross‐country transfer between two children's hospitals of a child using ambulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to lung transplant
Author(s) -
Hayes Don,
Galantowicz Mark,
Preston Thomas J.,
Tellez David,
McConnell Patrick I.,
Yates Andrew R.,
Dalton Heidi J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/petr.12098
Subject(s) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , medicine , ambulatory , lung transplantation , lung , transplantation , catheter , surgery
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.