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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 4.

Results of Brain Imaging

ALL ECPR
58 (100)
SURVIVORS
36 (62.1)
NON-SURVIVORS
22 (37.9)
P-value
Type of brain image performed at decannulation

MRi 10 (17) 10 (27.8) 0 (0) NS
CT scan 26 (45) 16 (44.4) 10 (45.5)
Head US 7 (12) 5 (13.9) 2 (9)
Not performed 15 (26) 5 (13.9) 10 (45.5)

Brain image at decannulation

Total 42 30 12
Normal 20 (46.7) 15 (50) 5 (41.5) NS
Abnormal 22 (52.4) 15 (50) 7 (58.5)
 • Ischemic 8 (36) 7 (47) 1(14.5)
 • Hemorrhagic 6 (28) 4 (26.5) 2(28.5)
 • Thrombosis 3 (14) 1 (6.5) 2(28.5)
 • Diffuse white matter injury 5 (22) 3 (20) 2(28.5)

Data presented as count (%)