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Table 1.

Potential risk factors for infections during ECLS

Immunocompromised status (including potential immune dysregulation from the presence of ECLS itself)

Prolonged duration of ECLS^a

Older age^a

Higher pre-ECLS severity of illness^a

Underlying autoimmune disorder

Central cannulation (vs peripheral cannulation)

Surgical cannulation approach (vs percutaneous approach)

ECLS extracorporeal life support

^aThere are no specific cutoffs, per se, but the longer the duration of ECLS, the older the age, and the higher the pre-ECLS severity of illness, the higher the presumed risk