Open AccessOxigenación por Membrana Extracorpórea (ECMO): Experiencia en una Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo Neonatal
Author(s) -
Eduardo Domínguez,
Gisella Salas,
Martín Valdés,
Cecilia Rubio,
Patricia Bellani,
Sonia B Rodas,
Diana Fariña
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2012.404
Subject(s) - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation , rescue therapy , medicine , respiratory failure , critically ill , intensive care unit , neonatal intensive care unit , intensive care , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), a poorly developed resource in Argentina, is a highly invasive rescue therapy, for critically ill patients with severe respiratory failure with or without associated cardiovascular failure and mortality probability near to 80%. This article reports the experience obtained with first patients treated with ECMO in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Hospital Garrahan at Buenos Aires. From April 2008 to January 2012, 17 patients were treated with veno-arterial ECMO. Survival rate was 59%, similar to international reports. Patients are being monitored to evaluate their long-term outcome.