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. 2018 Dec;50(4):217–224.

Table 1.

Patient characteristics with and without prolonged RRT before ECMO.

Variable Total Cohort, n = 50 Prolonged RRT, n = 17 No Prolonged RRT, n = 33 p Value
Age at cannulation, days 35 (7.5, 261) 32.6 (8, 282) 36.5 (7.1, 268) .9
Admit weight, kg 3.9 (2.8, 8.9) 3.3 (2.5, 6.7) 4.2 (3.1, 9.8) .1
Post-surgical ECMO 31 (62) 11 (64.7) 20 (60.6) .7
OR cannulation 13 (26) 3 (17.6) 10 (30.3) .4
ECPR 21 (42) 7 (41.2) 14 (42.4) .9
VV ECMO 6 (12) 1 (5.9) 5 (15.2) .6
Single ventricle 27 (54) 9 (52.9) 18 (54.5) .9
Serum lactate at cannulation, mmol/L 9.2 (4.2, 13.5) 8.8 (4.2, 16.5) 9.4 (4.4, 13.5) .9
AKI pre-ECMO 10 (20) 5 (31.3) 5 (15.6) .2
UOP, day of cannulation, mL/kg/h 1.1 (.4, 2.9) .65 (.2, 1.7) 1.44 (.7, 3.2) .06

Data presented as median (interquartile range) and frequency (%) as indicated.

VV, veno-venous.