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. 2017 Apr 19;12(4):e0176143. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176143

Table 3. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcomes.

Underweight
(n = 14)
Normal
(n = 118)
Overweight
(n = 53)
Obese
(n = 15)
p-value
Survival to discharge 5 (35.7) 37 (31.4) 16 (30.2) 4 (26.7) 0.96
Good neurologic outcomes at discharge a 4 (28.6) 28 (23.7) 16 (30.2) 4 (26.7) 0.85
Successful initiation of ECMO 14 (100) 111 (94.1) 48 (90.6) 15 (100) 0.39
Successful weaning 6 (42.9) 51 (43.2) 23 (43.4) 6 (40.0) 0.98
Procedure related complications 0 18 (15.3) 9 (17.0) 3 (20.0) 0.40
Groin hematoma 0 10 (8.5) 9 (17.0) 2 (13.3) 0.40
Limb ischemia 0 11 (9.3) 5 (9.4) 2 (13.3) 0.63
Cannulation site bleeding 0 7 (5.9) 3 (5.7) 1 (6.7) 0.83
GI bleeding 0 13 (11.0) 2 (3.8) 0 0.13
Procedure-related infections 0 6 (5.1) 1 (1.9) 0 0.51

BMI, body mass index; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; GI, gastrointestinal

aCerebral performance categories scale 1 or 2

Values are n (%).