Table 2.

Inflammatory markers and cardiac function before ECMO.

	XBJ group	Control group	p
	N = 21	N = 20
Troponin I (ng/mL)	0.91 $\pm$ 0.34	0.99 $\pm$ 0.46	0.560
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)	110.14 $\pm$ 14.94	109.70 $\pm$ 17.45	0.931
Interleukin-10 (pg/mL)	8.84 $\pm$ 2.17	8.56 $\pm$ 2.04	0.680
Tumor necrosis factor $\alpha$ (pg/mL)	1.21 $\pm$ 0.22	1.20 $\pm$ 0.23	0.818
Interleukin-8 (pg/mL)	10.23 $\pm$ 2.46	10.84 $\pm$ 2.51	0.437
Hemoglobin (g/L)	144.48 $\pm$ 11.55	140.5 $\pm$ 13.77	0.322
Platelet ($\times$109/L)	216.05 $\pm$ 36.25	211.45 $\pm$ 47.87	0.730
C reactive protein (mg/L)	1.17 $\pm$ 0.38	1.34 $\pm$ 0.79	0.380
D-Dimer (ng/mL)	286.62 $\pm$ 30.61	274.20 $\pm$ 52.50	0.365

ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; XBJ, Xuebijing.