Table 9.
Mechanical and patient related complications after ECPR support, 2009–2015
| Neonatal ECPR | Pediatric ECPR | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 26 (3) | 10 (38) | 5 | 82 (4) | 29 (35) | 8 |
| Pump Malfunction | 12 (1) | 5 (42) | 1 | 20 (1) | 7 (35) | 8 |
| Cannula Problem | 61 (7) | 23 (38) | 5 | 175 (8) | 59 (34) | 9 |
| Air in Circuit | 58 (6) | 19 (33) | 10 | 63 (3) | 27 (43) | 0 |
| Patient | ||||||
| Seizure by EEG | 54 (6) | 12 (22) | 21 | 137 (6) | 44 (32) | 11 |
| Cerebral Infarct | 46 (5) | 12 (26) | 17 | 238 (11) | 67 (28) | 15 |
| ICH | 128 (14) | 41 (32) | 11 | 182 (9) | 43 (24) | 19 |
| Brain Death | 14 (2) | 0 | 43 | 205 (10) | 0 | 43 |
| Cardiac Tamponade | 20 (2) | 6 (30) | 13 | 50 (2) | 19 (38) | 5 |
| Surgical Site Bleeding | 150 (17) | 47 (31) | 12 | 298 (14) | 124 (42) | 1 |
| GI Hemorrhage | 12 (1) | 2 (17) | 26 | 64 (3) | 7 (11) | 32 |
| Amputation | 0 (0) | - | - | 5 (0.2) | 2 (40) | 3 |
ECPR, extracorporeal life support to support cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; EEG, Electroencephalogram; ECPR, extracorporeal life support to support cardiopulmonary resuscitation