Neonatal pertussis requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- 12 March 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Pediatric Surgery International
- Vol. 17 (2-3) , 201-203
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830000429
Abstract
Despite widespread immunization against Bordetella pertussis, whooping cough remains potentially fatal in susceptible populations such as neonates. A case of neonatal pertussis with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) requiring extracorporal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is described. PH associated with pertussis severe enough to require ECMO is frequently irreversible and associated with a poor prognosis.Keywords
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