Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

An Massaro; Khodayar Rais-Bahrami; Taeun Chang; Penny Glass; Billie Lou Short; Stephen Baumgart

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.04.011

Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal encephalopathy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;157(3):499-501, 501.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.04.011. Epub 2010 May 15.

Authors

An Massaro¹, Khodayar Rais-Bahrami, Taeun Chang, Penny Glass, Billie Lou Short, Stephen Baumgart

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neonatology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010-2970, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

This case series describes the clinical management of 5 infants who underwent whole-body cooling during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In all 5 infants, systemic hypothermia was maintained during ECMO with acceptable clinical outcomes.

MeSH terms

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Female
Humans
Hypothermia, Induced*
Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / therapy*
Infant, Newborn
Male
Retrospective Studies

Grants and funding

M01 RR020359-056431/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States