Table 2: Early ♦§outcomes: Survivors vs non-survivors.

 

Variables

(Adverse events) N = 11 (%)

ECPR NON-SURVIVORS

N = 10 (%)

ECPR SURVIVORS

P VALUE

Cardiac          

6 (55)

3 (30)

0.1

 

1

0

 

 

5§

3§

 

RVN-2

4 (45)

1 (10)

 

(a)Arrhythmias

2 (18)

1 (10)

 

Other

0

1 (10)

 

(b)Renal

4 (36)

3 (30)

0.7

 

3

2

 

 

1§

1§

 

Sepsis

3 (36)

1 (10)

0.3

 

3

1

 

 

0§

0§

 

(c)MOF            

6 (55)

3 (30)

0.4

 

4

2

 

 

2§

1§

 

(d)Respiratory

3 (27)

2 (20)

0.8

 

2

1

 

 

1§

1§

 

(e)Gastrointestinal

2 (18)  

1 (10)

0.8

 

1

1

 

 

1§

0§

 

(f)Unplanned reoperation        

6 (55)  

1 (10)

0.07

 

4

1

 

 

2§

0§

 

(g)Neurological

7  (64)

2 (20)

0.08

 

(a)requiring medical intervention; (b)Ultrafiltration/peritoneal dialysis; (c)2 or more organ failure; (d)Respiratory distress syndrome; Pulmonary hemorrhage; chronic respiratory failure; (e)Intestinal hemorrhage or infarct requiring surgery; (f)Surgical re-intervention(not stage II/III palliation or HTxP); (g)Intraventricular hemorrhage grade II-IV, cerebral hemorrhage/ ischemia, clinical or EEG documented seizure-activity

 

during ECMO; §After ECMO decannulation prior to hospital discharge

 

HTxP-heart transplantation; MOF-multiple organ failure