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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 May;14(4):366–373. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31828a70dc

Table 3.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Outcomes

Patient Duration of
Extracorporeal Membrane
Oxygenation (d)a
Method
of Insertion
Access Cannula
Size
Conversion
to
Venoarterial
Circuit Exchange Bleeding Complications Survival Cause of Death
1 2 Percutaneous IJ 16F No No Grade IV intraventricular hemorrhage Dead Brain herniation
2 5 Cutdown IJ 13F No No DIC Alive
3 23 Percutaneous IJ 19F Yes Yes Pulmonary hemorrhage requiring operation Dead Hypoxic respiratory failure
4 7 Cutdown IJ 13F No Yes None Dead Hypoxic respiratory failure
5 22 Percutaneous IJ 16F Yes Yes Pulmonary hemorrhage; ischemic stroke Alive
6 19 Percutaneous IJ 19F No No DIC Dead Hypoxic respiratory failure
7 38 Cutdown IJ 13F Yes Yes Coagulopathy Dead Multisystem organ failure
8 9 Percutaneous IJ 23F No No None Alive
9 8 Percutaneous IJ 31F No No None Alive
10 22 Percutaneous IJ 31F No No None Dead Multisystem organ failure
11 9 Cutdown IJ 13F No Yes None Alive

IJ = internal jugular, DIC = disseminated intravascular coagulation.

a

Including venoarterial run if conversion required.