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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Stabilization and delayed operation for patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is now widely accepted. When preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is needed, most centers have CDH repaired on ECMO to minimize the risk of postoperative deterioration. The authors adopted a policy of weaning from ECMO before repair in an effort to avoid hemorrhagic risks. They reviewed their experience with CDH patients who required ECMO for stabilization before repair but for whom post-ECMO repair was planned. The records of all high-risk CDH patients with a gestational age of at least 34 weeks were reviewed. Eighteen patients were identified. None of the eight who were stabilized and operated on without ECMO required bypass postoperatively; all survived. Ten were placed on bypass, nine for stabilization before repair. Of the nine, seven (78%) were weaned from ECMO to conventional ventilation. Repair of the diaphragmatic defect was performed an average of 3.8 days later; none of these patients had severe pulmonary hypertension postoperatively, and all survived. Two could not be weaned before repair, one of whom had a complex congenital heart defect. This patient died. The other patient had repair on ECMO because of intrathoracic gastric volvulus. Severe blood loss prompted decannulation, and the patient died. One patient who was placed on bypass was transferred 10 days after having had repair elsewhere (at 4 hours of age). Pulmonary hypertension did not resolve, and the postmortem examination showed alveolar capillary dysplasia, with focal misalignment of the pulmonary vessels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3468
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
349-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Repair of congenital diaphragmatic hernia after weaning from extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article