ECMO for paediatric cardiac arrest caused by bronchial rupture and severe lung injury: a case report about life-threatening rescue at an adult ECMO centre.

Background: Bronchial rupture in children is a rare but dangerous complication after chest trauma and is associated with increased mortality. Veno-venous (V-V) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is reported as one of the treatments for this life-threatening complication.

Case Presentation: A 4-year-old boy with bronchial rupture and traumatic wet lung complicated by cardiac arrest after chest trauma was admitted to an adult ECMO centre.

ΔPCO and ΔPCO/CO Are Not Predictive of Organ Dysfunction After Cardiopulmonary Bypass.

Cardiac surgery is associated with a substantial risk of major adverse events. Although carbon dioxide (CO)-derived variables such as venous-to-arterial CO difference (ΔPCO), and PCO gap to arterial-venous O content difference ratio (ΔPCO/CO) have been successfully used to predict the prognosis of non-cardiac surgery, their prognostic value after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) remains controversial. This hospital-based study explored the relationship between ΔPCO, ΔPCO/CO and organ dysfunction after CPB.

Use of venous-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the treatment of postpartum pulmonary hypertension crisis.

The incidence of heart disease in pregnancy ranges from 0.5% to 3.0% and is regarded as one of the top three causes of maternal death.

Effects of early enteral nutrition on the prognosis of patients with sepsis: secondary analysis of acute gastrointestinal injury study.

Background: The time of enteral nutrition (EN) administration on patients with sepsis is controversial. The study was to explore the effect of early enteral nutrition (EEN) on the prognosis of patients with sepsis.

Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of the acute gastrointestinal injury grade study.