ECMO saves life of a one-day-old baby
Hyderabad, 20th January, 2021: One-day-old baby was saved by KIMS doctors by treating her with ECMO support. This is one of the rare cases where only one day old baby was put on ECMO. Consultant Paediatric Intensivist Dr. V. Nanda Kishore explained the entire situation and details of the case. Mrs Sravanthi From Uppal, Hyderabad had a normal pregnancy and delivered the baby by emergency Caesarian section because of meconium stained liquor. The first stool of the baby is called meconium and babies generally do not pass stool in the womb. Sometimes they may pass stool in the womb and rarely aspirate that into the lungs around delivery time. This usually causes breathing difficulty, sometimes severe enough to necessitate high-level medical intervention.
Baby was born in good condition but soon developed breathing difficulty for which the baby was admitted to the intensive care unit. Baby was put on a breathing machine (ventilator) to help with breathing. In addition to meconium aspiration baby also developed high blood pressure in the lung (pulmonary hypertension), which is commonly associated with meconium aspiration. A special medication and gas (inhaled Nitric oxide) were added to help with increased blood pressure in the lungs. Even with such a support baby condition continued to get worse. At this point Baby was referred to KIMS Hospitals for ECMO support.
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