Day: March 8, 2020

Newborn with a left congenital diaphragmatic hernia on arterial-venous (AV) ECMO

CXR of arterial-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
CXR shows normal position of the arterial catheter tip in the aortic arch and normal position of the venous catheter tip in the right atrium, both of which are shifted to the right by the diaphragmatic hernia. Note that the endotracheal tube, which is positioned between the two ECMO catheters, is also shifted to the right.

The diagnosis was normal position of the AV ECMO catheter tips in a neonate.