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. 2019 Feb 1;58(10):1391–1397. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.0864-18

Table 3.

The ECLS-related Complications in Cardiac Arrest Patients Treated with ECLS.

Patients: n (%) Favorable neurological outcome
(n=20)
Unfavorable neurological outcome
(n=47)
p value
Bleeding complication 8 (40.0) 14 (29.8) 0.57
Access site bleeding 4 (20.0) 4 (8.5) 0.23
Retroperitoneal bleeding 0 (0.0) 2 (4.3) >0.99
Other bleeding 4 (20.0) 8 (17.0) 0.74
Fatal bleeding complication 0 (0.0) 9 (19.1) 0.05
Ischemia complication 1 (5.0) 5 (10.6) 0.66

Data are presented as percentages and absolute numbers or means±standard deviation, unless otherwise specified.

ECLS: extracorporeal life support