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. 2024 Jun 6;13(12):e034971. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.034971

Table 2.

Door‐to‐Needle Time and Clinical Outcomes in Post Hoc Analysis

Variable Door‐to‐needle time <30 min Door‐to‐needle time ≥30 min P value Median difference (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Probability of favorable neurological function, % (95% CI) 11.0% (10.3% to 11.6%) 6.6% (5.2% to 7.9%) <0.001 1.7% (0.7% to 2.9%)
Door‐to‐ECMO time, min, median (IQR) 21 (15 to 28) 48 (43 to 69) <0.001 −29 (−31 to −27)
Low‐flow time, min, median (IQR) 54 (45 to 63) 77 (70 to 90) <0.001 −24 (−27 to −21)
Adverse events related to ECMO cannulation, n (%) 230 (19.2%) 27 (27.8%) 0.039 0.61 (0.39 to 0.98)
Amount of transfusion until ICU admission, mean, median (IQR)
Red blood cell, mL 210, 0 (0 to 0) 370, 0 (0 to 560) 0.017 0 (0 to 0)
Fresh frozen plasma, mL 160, 0 (0 to 0) 360, 0 (0 to 240) 0.056 0 (0 to 0)
Septicemia, n (%) 61 (6.7%) 0 (0.0%) 0.005
ECMO use, d, median (IQR) 3 (2 to 5) 2 (2 to 5) 0.052 1 (0 to 1)
Ventilator use, d, median (IQR) 2 (1 to 8) 2 (1 to 5) 0.039 0 (0 to 1)
Length of ICU stay, d, median (IQR) 2 (1 to 9) 2 (1 to 4) 0.026 1 (0 to 1)
Length of hospital stay, d, median (IQR) 2 (1 to 14) 2 (1 to 5) 0.044 0 (0 to 1)
In‐hospital survival, n (%) 259 (21.6%) 11 (11.3%) 0.017 2.15 (1.13 to 4.09)

ECMO indicates extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; and OR, odds ratio.