[Spontaneous preterm birth in mother in an artificial sleep on ECMO with severe form of H1N1 infection].

Objective: The authors demonstrate a premature birth of a pregnant woman, who was for heavy Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), on the basis of pulmonary infection H1N1, connected to venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Patient spontaneously delivered after being connected to the ECMO for 30 hours.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague.

Design: Case report.

Conclusion: Preterm birth at 24 week of pregnancy. During pregnancy, the labor and postpartum was the pregnant woman connected to extracorporeal membrane oxygen therapy.