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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 May;19(5):451–458. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000001524

Table 3.

ECPR details

ALL ECPR
58
SURVIVORS
38(65.5)
NON-SURVIVORS
20(34.5)
P-value
Location of ECPR

CICU 35 (60.3) 22 (61.1) 13 (59.1) 0.40
PICU 13 (22.4) 7 (19.4) 6 (27.3)
Cathlab 2 (3.4) 1 (2.8) 1 (4.5)
Operating room 7 (12.1) 6 (16.7) 1 (4.5)
Emergency department 1 (1.7) 0 (0) 1 (4.5)

ECMO cannulation site

Central (thorax) 19 (32.7) 12 (33.3) 7 (31.8) 0.80
Peripheral (neck) 32 (55.2) 19 (52.8) 13 (59.1)
Double (neck/groin) 5 (8.6) 4 (11.1) 1 (4.5)
Central + peripheral 2 (3.4) 1 (2.8) 1 (4.5)

Patient characteristics

Pre-ECMO PRISM* 13 (10–18) 14 (11 – 20) 10.5 (7.5 – 16) 0.08
Pre-ECMO Lactate (mmol/L) 3 (2 – 8.5) 4 (2 – 12) 2 (1.9 – 5) 0.60
Post-ECMO Lactate (mmol/L) 10 (5 – 15) 9 (5 – 12.5) 15 (6 – 26) 0.05

ECPR duration time, min 31 (20 – 49) 28 (15 – 47) 37.5 (28 – 55) 0.04
ECMO duration (hours) 79.5 (44 – 128) 70 (42 – 131) 83 (58 – 165) 0.70
Hypothermia treatment used 28 (48) 20 (55.5) 8 (36.4) 0.08

Data presented as median (IQR), or mean (SD) ECPR: extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resusctitation; IQR: interquartile range; CICU: cardiac intensive care unit; PICU: pediatric intensive care unit; ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PRISM: pediatric risk of mortality score;

*

Pre-ECMO PRISMs only measured in non-surgical patients.