Table 1.

Observational studies using ECMO in adult septic shock, modified and extended according to Riera [13] et al.

Study	N	Sites of infection %	ECMO configuration	Hospital Survival %
Brechot et al. [14]	14	Pneumonia bacterial 79 Abdomen 14,3	Peripheral va 36% Switch to vv	71
Huang et al. [15]	52	Pneumonia 48 Abdomen 23 Urinary tract 9,6	Peripheral va	15
Cheng et al. [16]	108	Pneumonia bacterial 40 Myocarditis 25 Primary bloodstream 19,4	Peripheral va 78,7 Peripheral vv 21,3	28,7
Park et al. [17]	32	Pneumonia bacterial 34,4 Abdomen 21,9 Urinary tract 12,5	Peripheral va	21,9
Cheng et al. [18]	151	Pneumonia 50,3 Myocarditis 19,9 Bloodstream 14,6 Abdomen 7,6	Peripheral va 66,9 vv 33,1	29,8
Von Bahr et al. [19]	255	Pneumonia bacterial 53 Pneumonia viral 12,5	vv 68 switch to va peripheral 21 switch to vv 16	64
Takauji et al. [20]	40	Pneumonia 62,5 Abdomen 20 Urinary tract 7,5	vv	47,5
Yeo et al. [21]	8	Pneumonia n = 5 Extra-pulmonary n = 3	vva	50
Choi et al. [22]	28	Pulmonary 46,4 Abdomen 14,3 Genitourinary 7,1 Skin or soft tissue 14,3 Cardiovascular 7,1 Central nerve system 3,6 Catheter-induced 3,6 Other 3,6	vv, va, vva	35,7
Ro et al. [23]	71	Pneumonia 70 Abdomen 11 Urinary tract 5 Other 14	va	7
Vogel et al. [24]	12	Septic cardiomyopathy n = 12	vva	75
Banjas et al. [25]	19	Pneumonia 53 Abdomen 42 Soft tissue 5	vv, va, vva	42
Falk et al. [26]	37	Lung n = 21 Gut n = 2 Pyelonephritis n = 4 Fasciitis n = 4 Urine n = 1 Blood n = 4 Myocarditis n = 1	vv, va	Distributive shock 70,6 Cytotoxic Cardiac failure 90,0