Table 3.
Mechanical and patient related complications with respiratory ECLS, 2009–2015
| Neonatal Respiratory | Pediatric Respiratory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complications N (%) |
After complication survival N (%) |
Difference between average and after complication survival (%) |
Complications N (%) |
After complication survival N (%) |
Difference between average and after complication survival (%) |
|
| Mechanical | ||||||
| Oxygenator Failure | 280 (5) | 147 (53) | 16 | 251 (8) | 106 (42) | 18 |
| Pump Malfunction | 84 (1) | 46 (55) | 13 | 47 (1) | 24 (51) | 9 |
| Cannula Problem | 696 (12) | 400 (57) | 11 | 515 (15) | 305 (59) | 1 |
| Air in Circuit | 209 (4) | 119 (57) | 11 | 181 (5) | 90 (50) | 10 |
| Patient | ||||||
| Seizure by EEG | 158 (3) | 77 (49) | 19 | 111 (3) | 39 (35) | 25 |
| Cerebral Infarct | 180 (3) | 79 (44) | 24 | 158 (7) | 54 (34) | 26 |
| ICH | 643 (11) | 255 (40) | 28 | 243 (5) | 52 (21) | 39 |
| Brain Death | 23 (0.4) | 0 | 68 | 117 (4) | 0 | 60 |
| Cardiac Tamponade | 13 (0.2) | 5 (38) | 30 | 84 (3) | 38 (45) | 15 |
| Surgical Site Bleeding | 386 (7) | 134 (35) | 33 | 332 (10) | 168 (51) | 9 |
| GI Hemorrhage | 89 (2) | 29 (33) | 35 | 135 (4) | 53 (39) | 21 |
| Amputation | 0 (0) | - | - | 5 (0.1) | 4 (80) | −20 |
ECLS, extracorporeal life support; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage