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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 9:2020:8885022.
doi: 10.1155/2020/8885022. eCollection 2020.

Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Pediatric Patient Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Shannon M Flood  1   2 , Christina M Osborne  2   3   4 , Blake Martin  2   4 , S Christopher Derderian  5 , Erin Stenson  2   4 , Joseph A Grubenhoff  1   2
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Case Reports

Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Pediatric Patient Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Shannon M Flood et al. Case Rep Pediatr. .

Abstract

The overwhelming majority of pediatric cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection are mild or asymptomatic with only a handful of pediatric deaths reported. We present a case of severe COVID-19 infection in a pediatric patient with signs of hyperinflammation and consumptive coagulopathy requiring intubation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and eventual death due to ECMO complications.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Figure 1
Emergency department timeline of significant events upon initial presentation and hospital course by day in the PICU.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Initial chest X-ray demonstrated near-complete airspace consolidation on the left and patchy consolidations on the right.
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