P0239 / #1206: NEONATAL MYOCARDITIS AND ECMO SUPPORT. CASE REPORT.

Child with fulminant myocarditis survived by ECMO Support--report of a child case.

A 6-year-old girl had cold-like symptoms. Administration of antibiotics did not improve the symptoms, and the patient had chronic chest pain. Electrocardiogram (ECG) demonstrated ventricular tachycardia (VT) and cardiac enzyme levels were increased. Mexiletine and olprinone were continuously administered, but slow VT and III degrees A-V block repeatedly occurred. Pulse therapy using methyl pred...

Neonatal Hyperekplexia: A Case Report

Hyperekplexia is a rare non-epileptic disorder characterized by an exaggerated and persistent startle reaction to the unexpected tactile and acoustic stimuli. The disorder is occasionally associated with generalized muscular rigidity and has the clinical hallmark of positive nose tapping test.The disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion.  Recessively inherited and sporadic forms of...

Viral Myocarditis - A Case Report

Viral myocarditis is an inflammatory disorder of the myocardium, which occurs following a viral infection. The most common agent of infection is Coxsackievirus B2 followed by adenovirus. Here, we present a case of a three and a half year old male child brought to the Emergency Room of Paediatric Unit II at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, with complaint of cough and fever since three days, associat...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for neonatal enteroviral myocarditis

Case Report Ground Transportation of a Pediatric Patient on ECMO Support

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique for providing cardiac and/or pulmonary support. Many hospitals worldwide practice ECMO at some time, yet few centers are able to offer a portable ECMO service, with the United Kingdom being of no exception. We describe the first reported successful ground transfer of a 22-kg girl with suspected myocarditis, supported by veno-arterial ECM...