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ArticleSAGE open medicine2020

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in heart surgery post-operative pediatric patients: A retrospective study at Christus Muguerza Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico.

Gerardo Vargas-Camacho, Verónica Contreras-Cepeda, Rene Gómez-Gutierrez, Guillermo Quezada-Valenzuela, Adriana Nieto-Sanjuanero, Jesús Santos-Guzmán, Francisco González-Salazar

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Article in SAGE open medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gerardo Vargas-CamachoPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Christus Muguerza High Specialty Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico.
Verónica Contreras-CepedaPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Christus Muguerza High Specialty Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico.
Rene Gómez-GutierrezPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Christus Muguerza High Specialty Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico.
Guillermo Quezada-ValenzuelaPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Christus Muguerza High Specialty Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico.
Adriana Nieto-SanjuaneroPediatric Intensive Care Unit, Christus Muguerza High Specialty Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico.
Jesús Santos-GuzmánSchool of Medicine, Tecnologico of Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico.
Francisco González-SalazarNortheastern Biomedical Investigation Center, Mexican Social Security Institute, Monterrey, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2832-4771
Mexican Social Security Institute · MXTecnológico de Monterrey · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a life support procedure developed to offer cardiorespiratory support when conventional therapies have failed. The purpose of this study is to describe the findings during the first years using venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in pediatric patients after cardiovascular surgery at Christus Muguerza High Specialty Hospital in Monterrey, Mexico.

methodsThis is a retrospective, observational, and descriptive study. The files of congenital heart surgery post-operative pediatric patients, who were treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation from January 2013 to December 2015, were reviewed.

resultsA total of 11 patients were reviewed, of which 7 (63.8%) were neonates and 4 (36.7%) were in pediatric age. The most common diagnoses were transposition of great vessels, pulmonary stenosis, and tetralogy of Fallot. Survival rate was 54.5% and average life span was 6.3 days; the main complications were sepsis (36.3%), acute renal failure (36.3%), and severe cerebral hemorrhage (9.1%). The main causes of death were multi-organ dysfunction syndrome (27.3%) and cerebral hemorrhage (18.2%).

conclusionThe mortality rates found are very similar to those found in a meta-analysis report published in 2013 and the main complication and causes of death are also very similar to the majority of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation reports for these kinds of patients. Although the results are encouraging, early sepsis detection, prevention of cerebral hemorrhage, and renal function monitoring must be improved.

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cardiovascular surgical procedurescongenital heart defectsextracorporeal life supportExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationnewborns

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PMID32166028
PMCPMC7052455
OpenAlexW3007205532

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