{"title":"Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in an Infant with COVID-19: A Case Report with Literature Review.","authors":"Raffaele Falsaperla, Marco Simone Vaccalluzzo, Ausilia Desiree Collotta, Martino Ruggieri, Salvatore Agati","doi":"10.2174/1573396320666230417103203","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>SARS-CoV-2 infection tends to be lethal to the elderly population. However, sometimes children are also involved.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>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 <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> that was supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>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.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":11175,"journal":{"name":"Current Pediatric Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Pediatric Reviews","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2174/1573396320666230417103203","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection tends to be lethal to the elderly population. However, 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.
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Current Pediatric Reviews publishes frontier reviews on all the latest advances in pediatric medicine. The journal’s aim is to publish the highest quality review articles dedicated to clinical research in the field. The journal is essential reading for all researchers and clinicians in pediatric medicine.
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