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Ann Thorac Surg 1993;55:1244-1246
© 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas USA
Accepted for publication July 6, 1992.
* Address reprint requests to Ms Faulkner, ECMO Unit, Arkansas Children Hospital, 800 Marshall St, Little Rock, AR 72202.
Transport of critically ill neonates in need of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation can be risky. Their extreme cardiorespiratory instability may delay or even preclude convention transport to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center. We report the use of a UH-1 helicopter specially adapted for mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support to transport a critically ill neonate.
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