Table 2:

Reported extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in spontaneously breathing patients

Year	Author [reference]	Number of patients	Bridging time [median (days)]	Diagnosis (number of patients)	Outcome
2008	Broomé et al. [15]	1	54	Dermatomyositis	Alive
2008	Schmid et al. [16]	1	62	Pulmonary hypertension	Alive
2010	Garcia et al. [17]	1	19	COPD	Alive
2010	Nosotti et al. [5]	1	2	Pulmonary fibrosis	Alive
2010	Mangi et al. [18]	1	3	Pulmonary fibrosis	Alive
2011	Haneya et al. [19]	2	70	Pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis	Alive
2011	de Perrot et al. [20]	3	30	Pulmonary hypertension	2 alive, 1 dead after LTx
2012	Reeb et al. [21]	1	11	Cystic fibrosis	Alive
2012	Fuehner et al. [8]	26	9	Cystic fibrosis (5), pulmonary fibrosis (10), pulmonary hypertension (7), BOS (3), sarcoidosis (1)	16 alive, 4 dead after LTx, 6 dead before LTx

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; BOS: bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; LTx: lung transplantation.