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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Jun;18(6):561–570. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001155

Table 2.

Univariate Analyses for Neonatal Cohort

Characteristic Outcome
Death
FSSa (among survivors)
Relative risk b (95% CI) P-value Effect c (95% CI) P-value
Indication for ECMOd 0.03 0.29
 Respiratory Reference Reference
 Cardiac 1.49 (1.11, 1.99) −0.54 (−1.46, 0.39)
 ECPRe 1.42 (0.90, 2.25) −1.04 (−2.60, 0.52)
Primary diagnosis category 0.20 0.15
 Respiratory Reference Reference
 Cardiovascular/Shock 1.29 (0.98, 1.71) −0.73 (−1.57, 0.11)
 Other 1.34 (0.33, 5.43) −2.86 (−7.97, 2.25)
Chronic diagnosis 1.55 (1.14, 2.10) <.01 1.09 (0.27, 1.90) <.01
 Congenital anomaly or chromosomal defect 1.30 (0.96, 1.76) 0.11 1.53 (0.47, 2.59) <.01
 Cardiovascular disease 1.27 (0.96, 1.67) 0.10 0.58 (−0.29, 1.44) 0.19
 Other 0.94 (0.44, 2.04) 0.88 1.51 (−0.62, 3.63) 0.17
Mode of ECMO <.01 0.11
 VAf Reference Reference
 VVg 0.42 (0.21, 0.84) −0.85 (−1.90, 0.20)
Neurologic event 1.57 (1.19, 2.07) <.01 0.98 (0.10, 1.86) 0.03
Renal organ failure 1.52 (1.16, 2.00) <.01 1.29 (0.40, 2.18) <.01
Hepatic organ dysfunction 1.61 (1.23, 2.11) <.01 −0.14 (−1.10, 0.82) 0.78
Thrombotic event 1.17 (0.88, 1.55) 0.28 0.75 (−0.11, 1.61) 0.09
Bleeding event 1.65 (1.15, 2.35) <.01 0.60 (−0.24, 1.44) 0.16
Baseline VISh 0.35 0.52
 None Reference Reference
 Low 0.76 (0.52, 1.10) 0.41 (−0.73, 1.55)
 High 0.86 (0.62, 1.19) 0.64 (−0.46, 1.74)
Prematurei 1.87 (1.44, 2.42) <.01 −0.62 (−1.97, 0.74) 0.37
Duration of ECMO (days) 0.02 <.01
 < 2 1.64 (1.10, 2.44) −1.23 (−2.51, 0.06)
 2– < 4 1.00 (0.62, 1.62) 0.95 (−0.10, 2.00)
 4– < 9 Reference Reference
 ≥9 1.54 (1.07, 2.21) 0.82 (−0.19, 1.84)
ICU LOS (weeks)j 0.87 (0.80, 0.95) <.01 0.11 (0.05, 0.18) <.01
Hospital LOS (weeks) 0.86 (0.79, 0.93) <.01 0.11 (0.05, 0.16) <.01
Body habitus 0.34 0.98
 Underweight 1.14 (0.80, 1.64) 0.10 (−1.02, 1.23)
 Normal Reference Reference
 Obese 0.64 (0.27, 1.52) −0.03 (−1.62, 1.55)
Baseline lactate (mmol/L) 1.02 (0.99, 1.04) 0.19 0.04 (−0.06, 0.14) 0.47
Highest lactate in 24 hours post ECMO initiation (mmol/L) 1.06 (1.04, 1.08) <.01 −0.00 (−0.11, 0.10) 0.95
Days from ECMO initiation to lactate2 mmol/L 1.08 (0.99, 1.17) 0.07 0.03 (−0.23, 0.29) 0.82
Lactate ≥ 2 mmol/L achieved 0.51 (0.39, 0.65) <.01 0.81 (−0.47, 2.10) 0.22
Lowest pH within 24 hours post ECMO initiation 0.54 (0.18, 1.63) 0.28 1.26 (−2.08, 4.61) 0.46
Estimated PRBC in first 24 hours post ECMO initiation (dL/kg)k 1.10 (1.05, 1.15) 0.01 0.08 (−0.33, 0.49) 0.71
a

FSS is Functional Status Score;

b

Mortality was modeled using Poisson regression with robust error estimates;

c

FSS among survivors was modeled using standard linear regression;

d

ECMO is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation;

e

ECPR is extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

f

VA is venoarterial;

g

VV is venovenous;

h

VIS is Vasoactive inotropic score, None is VIS=0, Low is VIS >0 and <20, High is VIS ≥20;

i

Premature is <37 weeks gestational age at birth;

j

LOS is length of stay;

k

PRBC is packed red blood cells