lactate clearance for initiating and weaning off extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a child with regressed left ventricle after arterial switch operation
;Sarvesh Pal Singh;Sandeep Chauhan;A K Bisoi;Manoj Sahoo
daru journal of pharmaceutical sciences2016Vol. 19pp. 188-191
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singh2016annalslactate
Abstract
We hereby report a child with transposition of great arteries and regressed ventricle who underwent arterial switch operation (ASO) with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass and "integrated" extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) circuit. The significance of lactate clearance as a guide to initiate and terminate veno-arterial ECMO in a post ASO child with regressed left ventricle is discussed.