| Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 26, Number 2, June 1994
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| Page(s) | 87 - 90 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/199426287 | |
| Published online | 21 August 2023 | |
Case Report
Successful Vaginal Delivery of a Male Infant During Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal: A Case Report
Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan
* Address correspondence to: Chet Czaplicka, BSN, CCP, Oakwood Medical Office Building, 18181 Oakwood Boulevard, Suite 206, Dearborn, Ml 48124
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) has become an effective strategy for the support of newborn infants with severe respiratory failure, but the survival rate for children and adults undergoing this procedure is only 50%. We initiated ECCO2R in a 20 year old, gravida 3, white female who developed severe respiratory distress after seeking treatment for a fever of four days duration and a nonproductive cough. Uterine contractions began shortly after ECCO2R was initiated. Nine hours later a male infant was delivered vaginally. Both mother and baby survived. To our knowledge, ECCO2R had never been used before to support a woman during labor and vaginal delivery.
Key words: ECCO2R / severe respiratory distress / vaginal delivery
© 1994 AMSECT
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