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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: ASAIO J. 2021 Mar 1;67(3):221–228. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001344

Table 1 -.

Example of inclusion criteria for ECPR

• Age <7040
• Witnessed arrest
• Arrest to first CPR (“No-Flow Interval”) <5 mins (i.e. Bystander CPR)
• Initial cardiac rhythm of VF/pVT/PEA
• Arrest to ECMO flow <60 minutes “Low Flow Interval”**
• ETCO2 > 10 mmHg (1.3 kPa) during CCPR prior to cannulation for ECMO
• Intermittent ROSC and/or recurrent VF
• “Signs of life” during conventional CPR may be a positive predictive factor for survival.
• Absence of previously known life limiting comorbidities (eg end stage heart failure / Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / End Stage Renal Failure / Liver failure / Terminal illness) and consistent with patient’s goals of care.
• No known aortic valve incompetence (>mild aortic valve incompetence should be excluded)
**

(unless other favorable prognostic features are present: e.g. periods of intermittent ROSC / hypothermia pre-arrest / young age / signs of life during CPR)