[en] We report the case of a 17-day-old infant with severe pertussis for whom the early initiation of veno-arterial extra corporeal membrane oxygenation and leukodepletion strategies (exchange transfusion and leukofiltration) allowed to reduce leukocytosis and pulmonary hypertension, thus leading to survival. These invasive techniques can be considered when severe pulmonary hypertension complicates hyperleukocytosis in neonates.
Disciplines :
Anesthesia & intensive care
Author, co-author :
ASSY, Jana ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de Pédiatrie > Service de pédiatrie
Séguéla, Pierre-Emmanuel
Guillet, Elodie
Mauriat, Philippe
Language :
English
Title :
Severe Neonatal Pertussis Treated by Leukodepletion and Early Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
ISSN :
0891-3668
eISSN :
1532-0987
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States - Maryland
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