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. 2011 Jan 11;11:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-2

Table 4.

main ventilation and ECMO data of patients treated with ECMO

Pre-ECMO parameters In-ECMO parameters (Day 1)


Patient Age (years) Comorbidity Peak Pressure PEEP tV RR PaO2* CO2 pH Ventilation days before ECMO Peak Pressure PEEP tV RR Pump Flow Days on ECMO Ventilation days after ECMO
1 15 Asthma 30 14 350 14 50 52 7.18 1 18 10 300 10 5.2 6 3

2 58 - 30 14 400 16 66 76 7.14 2 22 14 300 7 5.0 6 5

3§ 44 Obesity 33 15 240 20 60 89 7.27 2 28 15 200 9 6.1 15^ 12

4§ 48 Cigarette smoke 40 10 700 18 58 54 7.29 1 24 14 270 7 5.9 8 10^

5§ 30 Asthma, obesity, cigarette smoke 35 15 700 22 48 55 7,22 2 24 14 400 6 5.3 6 3

6§ 45 Psychiatric disorder, emphysema bulla 45 18 250 20 54 73 7.22 6 28 17 160 8 5.7 37#^ -

7 45 - 35 15 410 32 73 84 7.17 7 25 15 300 20 5.0 18 21^

PEEP: positive end expiratory pressure; RR: respiratory rate; tV: tidal volume.

* Measured with FiO2 = 1

§ Patient referred from another hospital

# Dead on ECMO

^ patient tracheostomized during ECMO