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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 4.

Comparison of Survivor and Nonsurvivor Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Features

Variable Survivors Nonsurvivors p Value
Duration of ECMO before surgery, days, median (range) 3 (0–7) 6 (0–19) 0.22
Mode of ECMO 0.33
  Venoarterial 15 9
  Venovenous and combination 1 1
Prime solution 0.67
  Plasmalyte 7 6
  Blood 9 4
Cannulation site 0.63
  Thoracic cannulation 2 2
  Peripheral cannulation 14 8
Total ECMO duration, days, median (range) 4 (0–14) 8 (2–27) 0.02
ECMO complications 0.121
  At least one complication 11 10
  No Complications 5 0
Central nervous system injury 4 6 0.11
Renal injury 1 2 0.54
Nosocomial infection 4 3 1.0
Bleeding requiring transfusion 3 4 0.40