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Kosuke Kobayashi, Satoshi Ibara, Masahiro Kusumoto, Hideki Maruyama, Eiji Kato, Yuko Maruyama

Changes of lactate, glucose, ionized calcium and glutamate concentrations in cephalic vein blood during brain hypothermia using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in a newborn infant with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

Keywords: hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, brain hypothermia, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, cephalic vein, glutamate

An asphyxiated infant with severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy was treated by brain hypothermia using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The brain hypothermia using ECMO maintained cardiopulmonary functions and stabilized brain temperatures by stably supply of the cooled blood to the brain. Moreover, we measured the levels of glucose, lactate, ionized calcium and glutamate in plasma. The comparison between these levels in the artery and in the cephalic vein, suggests that glucose, lactate, ionized calcium and glutamate might be used as markers of the effects of hypothermia therapy.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 1619-3997
Volume: 33, 07/2005
Pages: 360 - 363

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