Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of adult patients with diagnosed brain death on ECMO

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3
Age (years)	32	69	50
Sex	Male	Female	Male
Reason for ECMO	CPR	Cardiotomy	CPR
Duration of ECMO when first signs of neurological injury noted (min)	88	3525	5
Head CT	Yes	No	Yes
Duration between discontinued sedation and brain death or WOS (min)	104	340	880
Temperature (deg C)	36.7	36.5	36.3
EEG	Yes	No	Yes
SSEP	No	No	No
Autopsy	Yes	No	No
Presurgical CPC	Unknown	1	1

CPC cerebral performance category, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, EEG electroencephalogram, SSEP somatosensory evoked potentials, WOS withdrawal of support