Table 2.
Transport characteristics and outcomes
| SOFA score before transport of all patients (SD/range) | 8.8 (4.1/0–20) |
| SOFA score before transport of patients being alive 24 h after transport (SD/range) | 8.6 (4.0/0–19) |
| SOFA score after transport (SD/range) | 8.4 (4.5/0–24) |
| Patients deceased within 24 h after transport (%) | 14 (4.1) |
| Patients not being transported (%) | 2 (0.6) |
| Critical events (%) | 22 (6.4) |
| Total transport time in hours (SD/range) | 5.6 (1.9/1.5–11.5) |
| V-V ECMO | V-A ECMO | All ECMO patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOFA score before transport (SD/range) | 14.0 (1.5/13–17) | 13.8 (2.4/11–17) | 13.9 (2.0/11–17) |
| SOFA score after transport (SD/range) | 15.0 (4.2/12–24) | 12.2 (2.1/10–16) | 13.7 (3.6/10–24) |
| Critical events (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (13.3) |
| Transport time in hours (SD/range) | 9.9 (1.4/8.5–10.75) | 8.7 (2.7/5.5–11.5) | 9.3 (2.2/5.5–11.5) |
| Patients deceased within 24 h after transport (%) | 0 (0) | 2 (25.0) | 2 (13.3) |
Total transport time: departure MICU team from our unit until return of the team plus time for updating the trolley.
Vasoactive medication: norepinephrine, dobutamine, nitroglycerine.
Additional medical devices: V-V and V-A ECMO, IABP, NO.
Short-term cardiac assist devices: V-A ECMO or IABP.
ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; IABP, intra-aortic balloon counter pulsation; MICU, mobile intensive care unit; NO, nitric oxide; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; V-A ECMO, veno-arterial ECMO; V-V ECMO, veno-venous ECMO.