Table 2.

Neonatal respiratory ECLS by primary diagnosis, survival and average run length, 2009–2015

	Proportion of Cases N (%)	Survival to Hospital Discharge (%)	Average Run Duration, days
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia	1,851 (32)	50	12
Meconium aspiration syndrome	1,393 (24)	93	6
PPHN	1,233 (21)	74	7
Respiratory distress syndrome	71 (1)	79	6
Sepsis	256 (4)	55	7
Other	1,035 (18)	59	9
Total	5,839	68	9

ECLS, extracorporeal life support; PPHN, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn