Pediatric pulmonology
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Pediatric pulmonology · Nov 2011
Surfactant administration prior to one lung ventilation: physiological and inflammatory correlates in a piglet model.
To test the hypothesis that surfactant, when given prophylactically during one lung ventilation (OLV), improves physiological stability and reduces inflammation. ⋯ Surfactant administration improves oxygenation and decreases inflammation, as evidenced by a decrease in several inflammatory cytokines both in the plasma and lungs of a piglet model of OLV.
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Pediatric pulmonology · Nov 2011
Use of flexible bronchoscopy in pediatric patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support.
Critically ill children treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support frequently have respiratory complications amenable to evaluation by flexible bronchoscopy (FB). The safety and efficacy of FB in this setting has not been well described in children. ⋯ FB is a well-tolerated and safe procedure in critically ill pediatric patients on ECMO. FB may have a diagnostic as well as therapeutic benefit in such patients.