Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 5, 2008, at 2:59 AM, Charlie Chan wrote: > Steve, > > yet another heart rending shot. is that mum in the background? that is the little girl's mother in the background... this photo sort of sums it up...the child did well, after about 10 days on ECMO... > > > funny that ECMO works better on kids than adults. when the use is ECMO is based on careful criteria, it works well in children...It is used for among other things, when a child has a heart or lung problem that is severe enough to end life, where support will allow enough time for recovery, allowing the child to come off ECMO, and then be able to survive with their own cardiac or pulmonary function having been adequately restored, in the interim... that happened in this case...I believe it was severe adenovirus pneumonia, life threatening, untreatable, but self limited and of a short enough duration that permitted ECMO support to carry the patient thru the critical period, and make the difference. as you know Charlie, the fact that kids are resilient, and have other well functioning organ systems, allows recovery in this situation. many thanks for commenting, Steve Steve > > > Best wishes, > > Charlie > > On 4 Oct 2008, at 21:41, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> waiting for the magic.... >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/paw2008/ecmo2.jpg.html >> >> >> >> ECMO, same child as previous... >> >> >> M7 Noctilux... >> >> >> thanks, >> >> Steve >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information