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Bedside lung ultrasound may be an effective method for the assessment of lung recruitment in newborns with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). We report a case of a neonate who had severe hypoxemia with persistent pulmonary hypertension and massive pneumothorax due to meconium aspiration syndrome and was treated with ECMO. Positive pressure mechanical ventilation resulted in persistent massive air leakage from the disrupted pulmonary tissue. When ECMO was initiated, a “total lung rest” ventilation strategy was used to facilitate healing of the lung rupture and absorption of the pneumothorax. After complete absorption of the pneumothorax, lung recruitment was performed by progressively increasing the positive end-expiratory pressure under the guidance of lung ultrasound. Bedside lung ultrasound was successfully used to assess pneumothorax absorption and improvement of pulmonary inflammation and successfully guided the recruitment of collapsed alveoli and the withdrawal of ECMO.
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Zhang, X., Fu, Y., Yue, G. et al. Lung ultrasound for the assessment of lung recruitment in neonates with massive pneumothorax during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case report. J Artif Organs 25, 163–169 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-021-01287-z
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