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Table 1 Patients and treatment characteristics

From: ECMO-treatment in patients with acute lung failure, cardiogenic, and septic shock: mortality and ECMO-learning curve over a 6-year period

 

RF, n = 54

CS, n = 58

SS, n = 19

p value

Age, years

62 (53–70)

67 (55–73)

62 (55–73)

0.28

Weigh, kga

76.5 (64–102)

88 (70–99)

89.5 (77–102)

0.33

Male

29 (54)

37 (64)

14 (74)

0.26

SOFAb

6 (3–9)

10 (8–11)

8 (6–12)

< 0.01

SAPS IIc

40 (31–60)

67 (48–78)

42 (32–61)

< 0.01

Comorbidities

 -Art. hypertension

33 (61)

34 (60)

8 (42)

0.33

 -Coronary disease

7 (13)

40 (70)

4 (21)

< 0.01

 -Diabetes mellitus

11 (20)

16 (28)

2 (11)

0.26

 -Hyperlipidaemia

4 (7)

8 (14)

5 (26)

0.11

 -Kidney injury

7 (13)

2 (4)

1 (5)

0.16

 -COPD

26 (48)

3 (5)

4 (21)

< 0.01

Duration of hospitalisation, days

27 (15–40)

10 (4–36)

26 (18–67)

< 0.01

Duration of ICU stay, days

20 (8–31)

7 (3–25)

20 (17–65)

< 0.01

Time on ECMO support, days

12 (5–19)

5 (3–8)

14 (9–25)

< 0.01

CPR pre-ECMO

3 (6)

38 (66)

3 (16)

<  0.01

Mechanical ventilation time, h

391 (122–687)

129 (42–413)

423 (304–772)

< 0.01

Renal replacement therapy

36 (67)

45 (78)

18 (95)

< 0.05

Tracheotomy

33 (61)

20 (34)

17 (89)

<  0.01

Weaning from ECMO

35 (65)

30 (52)

10 (53)

0.34

Death

29 (54)

34 (59)

11 (58)

0.86

ECMO-treatment before 2014

27 (50)

17 (29)

1 (5)

< 0.01

  1. Data is given as median (interquartile range) and n(%)
  2. RF, respiratory failure; CS, cardiogenic shock; SS, septic shock; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  3. a(n = 48 in RF, n = 46 in CS)
  4. b(n = 50 in RF, n = 56 in CS)
  5. c(n = 51 in RF, n = 56 in CS)