Why the study?
Does ECMO improve survival and neurologic outcomes in pediatric patients with profound cardiovascular collapse due to quinidine toxicity?
Population
16-month-old child with refractory bradydysrrhythmias and hypotension after an acute overdose of quinidine
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
Until hospital discharge
Authors
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Case success with ECMO in pediatric quinidine toxicity; hypothesis-generating, prospective data needed before practice change.
Does ECMO improve survival and neurologic outcomes in pediatric patients with profound cardiovascular collapse due to quinidine toxicity?
ECMO can serve as an effective rescue therapy for profound cardiovascular collapse caused by toxic ingestions such as quinidine in pediatric patients.
Tecklenburg et al. (1997) studied this question.
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