Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in an Infant with COVID-19: A Case Report with Literature Review-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in an Infant with COVID-19: A Case Report with Literature Review

Published:2024-08 Issue:3 Volume:20 Page:370-374
ISSN:1573-3963
Container-title:Current Pediatric Reviews
language:en
Short-container-title:CPR

Author:

Falsaperla Raffaele¹²,Vaccalluzzo Marco Simone³^ORCID,Collotta Ausilia Desiree⁴,Ruggieri Martino⁵,Agati Salvatore⁶

Affiliation:

1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Accompaniment Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico "Rodolico-San Marco", San Marco Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

2. Unit of Clinical Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, "Rodolico-San Marco", San Marco Hospital, Catania, Italy

3. Medicine and Surgery, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

4. Postgraduate Training Program in Pediatrics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

5. Unit of Rare Diseases of the Nervous System in Childhood, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pediatrics and Child Neuropsychiatry, University of Catania, AOU "Policlinico", PO "G. Rodolico", Via S. Sofia, 87, 95128, Catania, Italy

6. Cardiovascular Department, Mediterranean Pediatric Cardiology Center, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Taormina, Italy

Abstract

Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection tends to be lethal to the elderly population. How- ever, sometimes children are also involved. Case Presentation: We present the case of a female infant with a corrected gestational age of 39 weeks and 4 days with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and co-infection of Klebsiella pneumoniae that was supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Results: We reported the clinical case and reviewed the literature articles on ECMO and Covid-19 in infants and children up to two years of age Conclusion: It is crucial to be aware of certain risk factors (severe prematurity, coinfection), which, when linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection, must immediately alert us to the possible criticality of the clinical condition of patients, as highlighted by our own clinical case

Publisher

Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Subject

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health