Referral and transportation for neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
| Autor: | W B Geven, A Molendijk, K A Bergman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Referral Hypertension Pulmonary medicine.medical_treatment Ambulances Gestational Age Infant Newborn Diseases Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Ground ambulance transport Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Humans Medicine Netherlands business.industry Critically ill Infant Newborn Gestational age Air Ambulances Oxygenation Transportation of Patients surgical procedures operative Transport team Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine Female business Early referral |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 9:233-237 |
| ISSN: | 0969-9546 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00063110-200209000-00005 |
| Popis: | Data from 32 patients who were transported for neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) over a 66-month period were reviewed. One ground ambulance transport had to be postponed because of poor weather conditions; the patient died. One patient was excluded for ECMO on arrival at the ECMO centre. Of the remaining 30 infants, 20 (67%) required ECMO treatment, of which four (20%) died. All 10 (33%) patients who were treated with conventional therapy survived. During transportation all children remained stable in terms of oxygenation. Early referral and transportation by an experienced and well-equipped transport team allows safe transport of these critically ill neonates. |
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