Table 4.

Outcomes, adverse events, and transfusion requirements

	Patient A	Patient B	Patient C	Patient D
Outcomes
Hospital length of stay (days)	58	31	87	33
Duration of mechanical ventilation (days)	19	18	52	25
ECMO duration (days)	12	8	23	7
ICU length of stay (days)	22	22	55	27
Survival to hospital discharge	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CPC status at hospital discharge	1	1	2	1
Adverse events
Neurologic	-	Mycotic cerebral vasculitis	Anoxic cerebral injury	-
Respiratory	-	-	Tension pneumothorax	Re-intubation
Cardiovascular	Atrial dysrhythmias	-	-	Right ventricular dysfunction
Gastrointestinal	-	-	Upper gastro-intestinal bleeding	Upper gastro-intestinal bleeding
Transfusion requirements
PRBC, units/ICU days	0.05	-	0.29	0.48
FFP (500 mL doses)/ICU days	0.27	-	-	-
Platelets, total*	-	-	-	3 doses

CPC = cerebral performance category (1 = good cerebral performance, 2 = moderate cerebral disability, 3 = severe cerebral disability, 4 = coma/vegetative state, 5 = brain death);22 ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; FFP = fresh frozen plasma; ICU = intensive care unit; PRBC = packed red blood cells. *One adult dose is a pool of six whole blood-derived platelets