Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Massaro, An; Rais-Bahrami, Khodayar; Chang, Taeun; Glass, Penny; Short, Billie Lou; Baumgart, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.04.011

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Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 499-501.e1, September 2010

Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

An Massaro, MD
- Department of Neonatology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Reprint requests: An Massaro, MD, Children's National Medical Center, Department of Neonatology, 3W-600, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC 20010-2970.
Khodayar Rais-Bahrami, MD
- Department of Neonatology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Taeun Chang, MD
- Department of Neurology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Penny Glass, PhD
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Billie Lou Short, MD
- Department of Neonatology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Stephen Baumgart, MD
- Department of Neonatology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Received 5 January 2010; received in revised form 18 February 2010; accepted 6 April 2010. published online 17 May 2010.

This case series describes the clinical management of 5 infants who underwent whole-body cooling during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). In all 5 infants, systemic hypothermia was maintained during ECMO with acceptable clinical outcomes.

ECMO, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, NICHD, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development