Child ; Critical Care ; methods ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; Humans ; Pediatrics ; methods

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Vasculitis ; diagnosis ; pathology ; therapy

Cardiac Surgical Procedures ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; methods ; Heart Failure ; therapy ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Male

Adult ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Near Drowning ; complications ; diagnostic imaging ; therapy ; Neuroimaging ; Treatment Outcome

Infants with severe cardiorespiratory failure treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation are at risk of hypoxic-ischemic injury and infarction of the brain, intracranial hemorrhage, and seizures. Consequently, this can lead to adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. We present a neonate treated with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation due to diaphragmatic hernia. The infant's brain function was continuously monitored with amplitude-integrated electroencephalography. The child experienced clinical seizures and subclinical seizure discharges, detected by amplitude-integrated electroencephalography, permitting the opportunity to treat them and adjust the anticonvulsive treatment accordingly.
Electroencephalography ; methods ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; Female ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Monitoring, Physiologic ; Seizures ; diagnosis

Adult ; Aneurysm ; complications ; Bronchial Arteries ; pathology ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; methods ; Female ; Hemoptysis ; etiology ; therapy ; Humans

Adult ; Critical Illness ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; methods ; Female ; Humans ; Myocarditis ; therapy

Adult ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; methods ; Humans ; Influenza, Human ; complications ; Male ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult ; etiology ; therapy

Aged ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ; methods ; Female ; Hemoptysis ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Silicones ; chemistry ; Stents ; Trachea ; pathology ; surgery

Acute severe ammonia inhalation can seriously affect oxygenation and ventilation function of patients, and even cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology is increasingly used in treating patients with ARDS caused by infection, cardiogenic shock, trauma, and drowning with achieved certain effects, but its usage for ARDS caused by ammonia is rarely reported. On July 7, 2018, a case of ARDS caused by ammonia inhalation was admitted to the emergency ICU of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. After admission, the patient was treated with ECMO immediately on the basis of anti-infection, anti-oxidation, suctioning and nebulization treatments. After 8 days, he was weaned from ECMO and transferred to a general ward for continued rehabilitation. After 23 days, his condition improved and was discharged without complaining of any discomfort during the follow-up till March 2019. The successful experience was summarized in order to provide reference for the treatment of such patients in the future.
Ammonia/poisoning* ; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/methods* ; Humans ; Male ; Respiratory Distress Syndrome/therapy* ; Respiratory Insufficiency ; Shock, Cardiogenic