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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2011 Apr 2;159(2):192–198.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.02.015

Table 2.

Mortality on ECMO (unadjusted)

% Mortality Total Unadjusted. OR (95% CI)
Gestational Age
 Late pre-term 26.2 (560/2135) 2.81 (2.50, 3.16)
 Early term 18.0 (560/3119) 1.73 (1.55, 1.94)
 Full term 11.2 (804/7632) ref. ref.
Sex
 Female 15.1 (901/5966) 1.03 (0.94, 1.13)
 Male 14.7 (1254/8506) ref. ref.
Race
 White 17.2 (1157/5580) ref. ref.
 Black 11.2 (333/2974) 0.61 (0.53, 0.69)
 Hispanic 14.4 (217/1510) 0.81 (0.69, 0.95)
 Asian 15.2 (67/440) 0.87 (0.66, 1.13)
 Other 17.9 (93/519) 1.05 (0.83, 1.33)
Birth Weight
 < 2000g 24.9 (84/337) 2.58 (1.97, 3.36)
 2000 – 2499g 26.4 (234/888) 2.78 (2.32, 3.33)
 2500 – 2999g 20.5 (609/2968) 2.00 (1.75, 2.29)
 3000 – 3499g 13.0 (607/4659) 1.16 (1.02, 1.33)
 3500 – 3999g 11.4 (426/3732) ref. ref.
 4000 – 4499g 9.9 (149/1501) 0.86 (0.70, 1.04)
 4500 – 4999g 10.6 (38/357) 0.92 (0.65, 1.31)
 ≥ 5000g 16.3 (14/72) 1.51 (0.84, 2.70)
Primary Diagnosis
 Sepsis 24.8 (589/2375) 5.10 (4.44, 5.85)
 PPHN 20.1 (613/3045) 3.89 (3.40, 4.46)
 RDS 14.0 (180/1290) 2.51 (2.08, 3.02)
 Respiratory Insufficiency 24.6 (94/382) 5.04 (3.91, 6.50)
 Meconium Aspiration 6.1 (396/6514) ref. ref.
 Other 31.2 (281/900) 7.01 (5.90, 8.35)
Labor Status 1
 Emergent C-section 13.1 (370/2817) 0.66 (0.58, 0.75)
 Elective cesarean 11.5 (370/3231) 0.56 (0.50, 0.64)
 Vaginal 18.7 (1090/5836) ref. ref.
Ventilator Type
 Conventional 14.6 (743/4355) ref. ref.
 HFO 15.8 (523/2788) 1.10 (0.97, 1.24)
 Other HFV 14.8 (120/690) 1.02 (0.83, 1.26)