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. 2021 May 22;25:174. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03606-5

Table 2.

In-hospital data stratified by 30-day survival status

Variable Total
(n = 259)
Survivors
(n = 67)
Non-survivors
(n = 192)
P-value
ECMO (only) 225 (86.9) 55 (82) 170 (89) 0.18
Impella (only) 12 (4.6) 6 (9) 6 (3) 0.05
ECMO + Impella 22 (8.5) 6 (9) 16 (8) 0.88
Laboratory data upon arrival
pH 6.90 [6.82–7.02] 7.01 [6.92–7.15] 6.88 [6.80–6.98]  < 0.001
Lactate (mmol/L) 14.4 [11.4–17.0] 12.0 [9.1–14.7] 15.0 [12.0–19.0]  < 0.001
Potassium (mmol/L) 4.4 [3.7–5.4] 4.1 [3.6–4.9] 4.6 [3.8–5.5] 0.06
Hemoglobin (mmol/L) 8.6 [7.5–9.6] 8.7 [8.1–9.6] 8.6 [7.3–9.6] 0.22
Creatinine (mmol/L) 114 [98–130] 109 [95–131] 115 [99–130] 0.86
CAG performed 234 (90) 62 (93) 172 (90) 0.48
Coronary intervention (PCI/stent) 124 (48) 37 (55) 87 (46) 0.20
Left main 22 (9) 5 (8) 17 (10) 0.73
Left anterior descending 76 (33) 27 (44) 49 (29) 0.02
Left circumflex 8 (3) 2 (3) 6 (4) 0.96
Right coronary artery 30 (13) 9 (15) 21 (12) 0.58
Intensive care stay
No. of patients admitted to ICU 218 (84) 67 (100) 151 (79)  < 0.001
TTM 152 (70) 46 (69) 106 (70) 0.46
Renal replacement therapy 91 (42) 32 (48) 59 (31) 0.27
ICU length of stay (hours) 53 [13–238] 284 [163–528] 19 [10–63]  < 0.001
ECPR-/Impella-related complications
Bleeding at cannulation site 76 (29) 32 (48) 44 (23) 0.01
Limb ischemia 24 (9) 5 (8) 19 (10) 0.31
Gastrointestinal bleeding 33 (13) 10 (15) 23 (12) 0.90
Gastrointestinal ischemia 22 (9) 4 (6) 18 (9) 0.20
Time on ECPR (hours) 50 [27–95] 67 [40–98] 37 [8–77] 0.002
Time on Impella (hours) 74 [28–165] 62 [50–165] 84 [10–166] 0.46
Hospital length of stay (hours) 23 [7–358] 687 [496–1060] 13 [4–46]  < 0.001

Abbreviations: ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; CAG Coronary angiogram; PCI Primary coronary intervention; ICU Intensive care unit; TTM Target temperature management

Values are stated as medians and interquartile range (IQR) or numbers and percentages. A p- value of < 0.05 is considered significant