Table 1.
Description of Cohort.
| Overall (N = 481)1 | |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| Pre-term neonate | 44 (9.1%) |
| Full-term neonate | 203 (42.2%) |
| Infant | 114 (23.7%) |
| Child | 77 (16.0%) |
| Adolescent | 43 (8.9%) |
| Male | 283 (58.8%) |
| Race | |
| White | 232 (48.2%) |
| Black or African American | 87 (18.1%) |
| Other | 26 (5.4%) |
| Unknown/Not Reported | 136 (28.3%) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 (17.0%) |
| Infection prior to or during the first 24 hours of ECMO | |
| None | 235 (48.9%) |
| Suspected | 148 (30.8%) |
| Bacterial | 49 (10.2%) |
| Viral | 32 (6.7%) |
| Fungal | 6 (1.2%) |
| Multiple | 11 (2.3%) |
| Location of ECMO care | |
| PICU | 100 (20.8%) |
| NICU | 151 (31.4%) |
| CICU | 230 (47.8%) |
| Mode of ECMO | |
| VA | 400 (83.2%) |
| VV | 81 (16.8%) |
| Baseline Vasoactive Inotropic Score2 | |
| None | 140 (29.1%) |
| Low | 155 (32.2%) |
| High | 186 (38.7%) |
| Primary ECMO indication | |
| Respiratory | 229 (47.6%) |
| Cardiac | 184 (38.3%) |
| ECPR | 68 (14.1%) |
ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PICU: pediatric intensive care unit; NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; CICU: cardiac intensive care unit; VA: venoarterial; VV: venovenous; ECPR: extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
1
Data are expressed as counts and column percentages.
2
None is Vasoactive Inotropic Score (VIS) =0, low is VIS >0 and <20 and high is VIS ≥20.