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Paediatric anaesthesia · Nov 2001
Case ReportsLife threatening cardiopulmonary failure in an infant following protamine reversal of heparin after cardiopulmonary bypass.
- H Boigner, E Lechner, H Brock, J Golej, and G Trittenwein.
- PICU, University Children's Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. harald.boigner@aon.at
- Paediatr Anaesth. 2001 Nov 1; 11 (6): 729-32.
AbstractLife threatening cardiopulmonary failure following protamine reversal of heparin after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was reported to occur in adults but rarely in children. Atrial septal defect closure was performed in a 6-week-old infant erroneously suspected to suffer from right atrial thrombosis in addition. Protamine administration after CPB led to critical pulmonary hypertension and severe haemorrhagic pulmonary oedema resulting in severe hypoxia. Inhaled nitric oxide, together with high frequency oscillation ventilation supplemented by intravenous prostacycline, enabled complete recovery of cardiopulmonary and neurological function. Life threatening cardiovascular compromise after intravenous protamine can occur even in young infants which then require challenging paediatric critical care.
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