Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania

We present the first successful case of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Newborn Intensive Care Unit: a term neonate with cardiorespiratory failure secondary to left sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The patient was placed on v...

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Main Authors: Alina Elena GAIDUCHEVICI, Carmina GEORGESCU, Carmen Mariana HERISEANU, Ana Mihaela BIZUBAC, Cristina FILIP, Irina MARGARINT, Ion CERNEA, Catalin Gabriel CIRSTOVEANU
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Published: Bucharest College of Physicians 2021-09-01
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author Alina Elena GAIDUCHEVICI
Carmina GEORGESCU
Carmen Mariana HERISEANU
Ana Mihaela BIZUBAC
Cristina FILIP
Irina MARGARINT
Ion CERNEA
Catalin Gabriel CIRSTOVEANU
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description We present the first successful case of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Newborn Intensive Care Unit: a term neonate with cardiorespiratory failure secondary to left sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The patient was placed on veno-venous ECMO at three days of life; however, on the fourth day, due to unstable right ventricular function, conversion to veno-arterial ECMO was mandatory. At one week of life, the patient was operated on-site for diaphragmatic hernia without ECMO support and then reintroduced on ECMO immediately after the surgical procedure, being on ECMO support for a total of 8 days. Antithrombotic treatment was administered for significant occlusion of the right common carotid artery and right internal jugular vein (complication of the cannulation for ECMO) and also long term treatment for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension was needed. The patient was discharged at the age of four months with moderate neurodevelopmental delay. The literature review indicates that neonatal ECMO procedure in Romania is still in its early stages. Despite this state, our current case proves that ECMO can be successfully performed with increased chances of survival for neonates with severe prognosis after failure of conventional therapy.
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spelling doaj-art-21c2689b221d4c8cb7e928d9abe91ffb2025-08-20T03:17:58ZengBucharest College of PhysiciansModern Medicine1223-04722360-24732021-09-01283339347https://doi.org/10.31689/rmm.2021.28.3.339Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in RomaniaAlina Elena GAIDUCHEVICI0Carmina GEORGESCU1Carmen Mariana HERISEANU2Ana Mihaela BIZUBAC3Cristina FILIP4Irina MARGARINT5 Ion CERNEA6Catalin Gabriel CIRSTOVEANU7Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, RomaniaNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, RomaniaNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, RomaniaNeonatal Intensive Care Unit, „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Bucharest, Romania„Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, RomaniaWe present the first successful case of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at „M.S. Curie” Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Newborn Intensive Care Unit: a term neonate with cardiorespiratory failure secondary to left sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The patient was placed on veno-venous ECMO at three days of life; however, on the fourth day, due to unstable right ventricular function, conversion to veno-arterial ECMO was mandatory. At one week of life, the patient was operated on-site for diaphragmatic hernia without ECMO support and then reintroduced on ECMO immediately after the surgical procedure, being on ECMO support for a total of 8 days. Antithrombotic treatment was administered for significant occlusion of the right common carotid artery and right internal jugular vein (complication of the cannulation for ECMO) and also long term treatment for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension was needed. The patient was discharged at the age of four months with moderate neurodevelopmental delay. The literature review indicates that neonatal ECMO procedure in Romania is still in its early stages. Despite this state, our current case proves that ECMO can be successfully performed with increased chances of survival for neonates with severe prognosis after failure of conventional therapy.https://medicinamoderna.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Treating-Congenital-Diaphragmatic-Hernia-with-ECMO-First-Successful-Case-in-Romania.pdfcongenital diaphragmatic herniaextracorporeal membrane oxygenationpersistent pulmonary hypertensionneonatologypediatric surgery
spellingShingle Alina Elena GAIDUCHEVICI
Carmina GEORGESCU
Carmen Mariana HERISEANU
Ana Mihaela BIZUBAC
Cristina FILIP
Irina MARGARINT
Ion CERNEA
Catalin Gabriel CIRSTOVEANU
Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania
Modern Medicine
congenital diaphragmatic hernia
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
persistent pulmonary hypertension
neonatology
pediatric surgery
title Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania
title_full Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania
title_fullStr Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania
title_full_unstemmed Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania
title_short Treating Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with ECMO: First Successful Case in Romania
title_sort treating congenital diaphragmatic hernia with ecmo first successful case in romania
topic congenital diaphragmatic hernia
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
persistent pulmonary hypertension
neonatology
pediatric surgery
url https://medicinamoderna.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Treating-Congenital-Diaphragmatic-Hernia-with-ECMO-First-Successful-Case-in-Romania.pdf
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