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COVID-19 and ECMO support after neonatal congenital heart surgery: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2021

Murat Cicek
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Mehmet Akif Onalan*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Nurgul Yurtseven
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
*
Author for correspondence: Mehmet Akif Onalan MD, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research, İstanbul, Turkey. Tel:+905543015908. E-mail: mehmetakifonalan@gmail.com

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 causes respiratory and systemic disease and has led to a sudden epidemic affecting people of all ages. Patients with congenital heart disease represent a high-risk population. In this article, we present a newborn who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for acute respiratory failure in the early postoperative period due to exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 after aortic arch repair and ventricular septal defect closure. To the best of our knowledge, this patient represents the first neonatal case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection after congenital heart surgery and is the youngest patient to need extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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