Table 2.
Total number of ECMO patients and hospitals in different study periods (exemplary for two federal states)
| Federal state | North-Rhine Westphalia (53 districts, 34,000 km2, 18 million inhabitants) |
Berlin (1 district, 890 km2, 3.7 million inhabitants) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 2006 | Year 2012 | Year 2021 | Year 2006 | Year 2012 | Year 2021 | ||
| ECMO per 100,000 inhabitants | V-A | 0 | 0.24 | 5.67 | 0 | 0,33 | 7.40 |
| V-V | 0.88 | 3.48 | 8.32 | 0,12 | 2,28 | 8.1 | |
| Adult ECMO patients | V-A | 0 | 38 | 988 | 0 | 10 | 260 |
| V-V | 89 | 575 | 1461 | 4 | 62 | 296 | |
| Pediatric ECMO patients | V-A | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| V-V | 67 | 36 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| hospitals performing ECMO | 12 | 53 | 91 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |