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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct;88(4):1306–1311. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.074

Table 3.

Comparison of Survivor and Nonsurvivor Clinical Variables

Variable Survivors (n= 16) Nonsurvivors (n = 10) p Value
Age, months (range) 0.6 (0–33) 0.1 (0–193) 0.12
Sex 1.0
  Male 11 7
  Female 5 3
Weight, kg (range) 4.0 (2.9–12.5) 3.2 (1.8–67) 0.12
History of prior cardiac surgery 6 1 0.19
Prematurity and other comorbidities 3 1 0.30
Indication for ECMO 0.41
  Hypoxemia 12 5
  Cardiogenic shock 2 2
  Emergency CPR 2 3
CPR before ECMO 5 6 0.23
Post-ECMO circulation 1.0
  Two ventricle 10 7
  One ventricle 6 3
Post-ECMO procedure type 0.71
  Definitive repair 8 4
  Palliative repair 8 6
Use of ECMO postoperatively 3 7 0.02

CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.