Survival of Newborn Infants With Severe Respiratory Failure Before and After Establishing an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program*

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 876-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Kattan ◽  
Alvaro González ◽  
Pedro Becker ◽  
Miriam Faunes ◽  
Alberto Estay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Severe Respiratory Failure ◽  
Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Before And After

Thyroid function in neonates with severe respiratory failure on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Perfusion ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 469-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan L Stewart ◽  
Noah Ssemakula ◽  
Duncan R MacMillan ◽  
L Jane Goldsmith ◽  
Larry N Cook
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Thyroid Function ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone ◽  
Thyroid Function Tests ◽  
Severe Respiratory Failure ◽  
Serum Concentrations ◽  
Free Triiodothyronine ◽  
Membrane Oxygenation

The object was to study thyroid function in neonates with severe respiratory failure on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and determine whether abnormal thyroid function correlates with prognosis. Total and free thyroxine (T4, FT4), total and free triiodothyronine (T3, FT3), reverse triiodothyronine (rT3), thyroid-stimulating hormone, and thyroxine binding globulin were measured in 14 newborn infants with severe respiratory failure (age 1-30 days) from samples collected before anesthesia for cannula placement, at 30, 60, and 360 min after initiation of ECMO, and on days 2, 4, 6, and 8. The patients were divided into survivors and non-survivors for statistical analyses. No differences were noted between survivors and non-survivors in the pre-ECMO mean serum concentrations of the thyroid function tests analyzed. In nine survivors, mean serum T4, FT4, T3, FT3, and rT3 all declined significantly within 30-60 min after initiation of ECMO, compared to baseline values. The values for all mean serum concentrations recovered completely and exceeded baseline between days 2 and 8. In five non-survivors, the decline of all mean serum values was not statistically significant and recovery to baseline was not achieved. The ratios of mean serum concentration of rT3/FT3were significantly different between survivors and non-survivors across all times during the ECMO course ( p λ 0.0005). These findings indicate that abnormalities in thyroid function occur in neonates with severe respiratory failure on ECMO and that the rT3/FT3 ratio correlates with prognosis over the ECMO course. Survival was associated with a significant reduction of serum thyroid hormone concentrations followed by recovery. We speculate that, in neonates with respiratory failure on ECMO, adaptive mechanisms which enhance survival include the capacity to down-regulate the pituitary-thyroid axis.

Extracorporeal Circulation in Neonatal Respiratory Failure: A Prospective Randomized Study

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Bartlett ◽  
Dietrich W. Roloff ◽  
Richard G. Cornell ◽  
Alice French Andrews ◽  
Peter W. Dillon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Conventional Treatment ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Newborn Infants ◽  
The Other ◽  
Severe Respiratory Failure ◽  
High Mortality Risk ◽  
Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Ventilator Therapy

A prospective controlled randomized study of the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to treat newborns with respiratory failure was carried out using the "randomized play-the-winner" statistical method. In this method the chance of randomly assigning an infant to one treatment or the other is influenced by the outcome of treatment of each patient in the study. If one treatment is more successful, more patients are randomly assigned to that treatment. A group of 12 infants with birth weight greater than 2 kg met objective criteria for high mortality risk. One patient was randomly assigned to conventional treatment (that patient died); 11 patients were randomly chosen for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (all survived). Intracerebral hemorrhage occurred in one of 11 surviving children. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation allows lung rest and improves survival compared to conventional ventilator therapy in newborn infants with severe respiratory failure.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults with severe respiratory failure: a multi-center database

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 2105-2114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas V. Brogan ◽  
Ravi R. Thiagarajan ◽  
Peter T. Rycus ◽  
Robert H. Bartlett ◽  
Susan L. Bratton
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Severe Respiratory Failure ◽  
Membrane Oxygenation

Repair of iatrogenic tracheal injury in acute respiratory failure with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Perfusion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-102
Author(s):  
Pauline H Go ◽  
Albert Pai ◽  
Sharon B Larson ◽  
Kalpaj Parekh
Keyword(s):  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽  
Acute Respiratory Failure ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Severe Respiratory Failure ◽  
Tracheal Injury ◽  
Lung Isolation ◽  
Membrane Oxygenation

Iatrogenic tracheal injuries are rare but potentially serious complications of endotracheal intubation that frequently require lung isolation to repair. This is not tolerated in patients with severe respiratory failure. We describe a case in a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome, repaired using veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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