• Pediatr. Surg. Int. · May 2014

    Case Reports

    Initiation of ECMO for ventilator-dependent respiratory failure in an infant with Pompe's.

    • Christina Riojas and Walter Pipkin.
    • General Surgery Department, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, 300 E Hospital Road, Ft Gordon, Augusta, GA, 30905, USA, christina.m.riojas2.mil@mail.mil.
    • Pediatr. Surg. Int. 2014 May 1;30(5):553-5.

    AbstractWe present a 7-month-old male with Pompe's disease with respiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation that received enzyme replacement therapy. There are no published cases of the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a patient with Pompe's disease, or the use of enzyme replacement therapy in the setting of acute respiratory failure.

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