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Table 3 Patients’ characteristics during and after ECMO according to survival

From: Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for adult patients who underwent post-cardiac surgery

 

Survivors (n = 8)

Non-survivors (n = 16)

P values

ECMO duration (h)

115.50 (22.00)

109.72 (69.62)

0.602

Kept pre-ECMO IABP

5 (62.5)

10 (62.5)

1.000

New intra-ECMO IABP

0

1 (6.3)

1.000

Cardiac tamponade

0

4 (25.0)

0.262

Re-CPR

2 (25.0)

5 (31.3)

1.000

Bacterial infection

5 (52.5)

6 (37.5)

0.390

Pneumorrhagia

0

3 (18.8)

0.526

Gastrointestinal bleeding

2 (25.0)

3 (18.8)

1.000

Urinary bleeding

0

2 (12.5)

0.536

Hemoglobinuria

1 (12.5)

3 (18.8)

1.000

Creatinine ≥3 μmol/L

1 (12.5)

8 (50.0)

0.178

Hemodialysis

1 (12.5)

6 (37.5)

0.352

Distal ischemia

1 (12.5)

1 (6.3)

1.000

Infection

5 (52.5)

6 (37.5)

0.390

MSOF

0

12 (75.0)

0.001

Brain death

0

2 (12.5)

0.536

Ventilation duration (h)

165.00 (304.00)

146.94 (91.357)

0.540

ICU duration (days)

12.50 (8.10)

8.77 (5.46)

0.158

Initiation flow (ml/min/kg)

47.20 ± 13.62

50.01 ± 11.60

0.603

Highest Lactate (mmol/L)

15.25 (4.00)

12.74 (4.55)

0.444

Highest creatinine (μmol/L)

77.25 (24.79)

85.00 (23.60)

0.581

Peak BUN (nmol/L)

18.04 ± 6.18

30.39 ± 25.78

0.086

  1. Results are presented as n (%), mean ± SD or median (interquartile range)
  2. IABP intra-aortic balloon pump, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, MSOF multiple system organ failure, BUN blood urea nitrogen