Table 1.
Patient | Age (years) | Sex | Primary disease | Therapy | Number of turns on therapy | Cannula location | Cannula complication | Outcome |
1 | 26 | Male | Inhalation injury, burn | ECMO | 4 | RIJ, RFem | None | Alive |
2 | 34 | Male | Pulmonary contusion, polytrauma | ECMO | 6 | RIJ, RFem, LFem | None | Dead |
3 | 21 | Female | Viral pneumonia | ECMO | 10 | RIJ, RFem, LFem | None | Dead |
4 | 47 | Male | Esophagectomy, anastomotic leak | CVVH | 10 | RIJ × 2, RFem × 2 | Both cannulae changed, poor flow supine and prone | Dead |
5 | 37 | Male | Abdominal gunshot | CVVH | 12 | LFem | None | Alive |
6 | 23 | Male | Abdominal gunshot | ECMO | 8 | RIJ, RFem × 2 | None | Alive |
CVVH | 2 | |||||||
7 | 59 | Male | Viral pneumonia | ECMO | 16 | RIJ, RFem | RIJ low flow supine, cannula repositioned | Dead |
CVVH, continuous venovenous hemofiltration; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; RIJ, right internal jugular vein; RFem, right femoral vein; LFem, left femoral vein.