PMID- 24221276 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141121 LR - 20211021 IS - 1619-0904 (Electronic) IS - 1434-7229 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Mar TI - Tracheostomy in adolescent patients bridged to lung transplantation with ambulatory venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. PG - 103-5 LID - 10.1007/s10047-013-0738-9 [doi] AB - Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is quickly becoming a method to bridge patients with advanced pulmonary disease to lung transplantation. Historically, pediatric hospitals have more in-depth experience with the use of ECMO; however, bridging children with this method of respiratory support to lung transplantation is carried out infrequently with limited reported experiences in the medical literature. This article describes the optimal use of ambulatory VV-ECMO in two adolescent patients who were bridged to lung transplantation aided by tracheostomy placement. FAU - Hayes, Don Jr AU - Hayes D Jr AD - Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA, hayes.705@osu.edu. FAU - Galantowicz, Mark AU - Galantowicz M FAU - Preston, Thomas J AU - Preston TJ FAU - Lloyd, Eric A AU - Lloyd EA FAU - Tobias, Joseph D AU - Tobias JD FAU - McConnell, Patrick I AU - McConnell PI LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article DEP - 20131113 PL - Japan TA - J Artif Organs JT - Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs JID - 9815648 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - *Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Lung Transplantation MH - Respiratory Insufficiency/*surgery MH - *Tracheostomy EDAT- 2013/11/14 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/14 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10047-013-0738-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Artif Organs. 2014 Mar;17(1):103-5. doi: 10.1007/s10047-013-0738-9. Epub 2013 Nov 13.