Extracorporeal CO2 removal in a child with a single ventricle by the addition of an oxygenator to a dialysis circuit

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2003 Jan;4(1):104-6. doi: 10.1097/00130478-200301000-00021.

Abstract

Objective: To optimize CO2 removal in a child with a single ventricle.

Design: Case report.

Setting: A ten-bed pediatric intensive care unit in a university-affiliated hospital.

Patient: A 6-yr-old boy with a single ventricle who underwent a Fontan procedure.

Interventions: Addition of a membrane oxygenator to a venovenous hemodialysis circuit.

Measurements: Patient respiratory variables were measured.

Main results: A clinically significant improvement in CO2 removal was achieved.

Conclusions: Addition of a membrane oxygenator to a dialysis circuit facilitates CO2 removal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide / metabolism*
  • Child
  • Equipment Design
  • Fontan Procedure
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oxygenators*
  • Renal Dialysis / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide