id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-030198-3xmibi74 Gimeno-Costa, Ricardo COVID-19 respiratory failure: ECMO support for children and young adult patients() 2020-08-07 .txt text/plain 1053 69 57 1 Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children has been described as being less severe with a shorter recovery time, 2 we present the case of a female patient aged 16 years, previously healthy and with no known contacts with COVID-19, that suffered severe pneumonia due to infection by SARS-CoV-2 requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and experienced a full recovery. After 8 days in the ICU and 7 in the inpatient ward of the referral hospital, the patient was discharged home without need of supplemental oxygen and was able to walk unassisted (negative PCR test for SARS-CoV-2) ( Figure 1D ). 4 Although cases of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 have been reported in infants 5 , children 6 and young adults, 1 these patients have generally had good outcomes and rarely required extracorporeal life support. C) Chest department at admission to ICU after transfer to referral hospital (day 0 of ECMO). ./cache/cord-030198-3xmibi74.txt ./txt/cord-030198-3xmibi74.txt