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. 2021 Jun 14;25:211. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03634-1

Table 2.

Outcomes of the included studies

First author Mortality Survivors Not discharged Still on ECMO Complications on ECMO Days on ECMO*
Alnababteh 6 4 3 NR

3 mechanical

7 haemorrhagic

6 renal

4 pulmonary

2 infectious

3 metabolic

2 limb

12.85 ± 6.04
Akhtar 4 14 0 0 17.7 ± 9.4
Barbaro 380 588 67 31

295 mechanical

69 neurologic

444 renal

13.9 (7.8–23.3)
Charlton 16 18 0 0
Cousin 16 NR NR NR

8 mechanical

27 haemorrhagic

4 neurologic

15 renal

2 pulmonary

4 infectious

3 limb

10.67 ± 5.45
Falcoz 6 10 1 0

7 mechanical

62 haemorrhagic

1 neurologic

12 renal

1 cardiovascular

3 pulmonary

10 infectious

1 others (thrombocytopenia)

9 [0–16]
Guihaire 4 16 4 3

18 mechanical

1 neurologic

10 pulmonary

3 infectious

1 other (mesenteric ischemia)

19.0 ± 10.1
Huette 4 8 0 0

5 mechanical

3 hemorrhagic

8 renal

1 cardiovascular

4 pulmonary

10 infectious

3 others (2 liver failure, 1 HIT)

12 (9–22)
Jackel 8 7 0 0
Jang 10 4 5 2

5 neurologic

9 renal

1 cardiovascular

6 pulmomary

17.27 ± 16.42
Jozwiak 6 5 0 0
Le Breton 2 11 0 0

2 mechanical

3 hemorrhagic

2 infectious

14.53 ± 8.84
Masur 5 1 6 NR 6 neurologic 9.60
Mustafa 6 29 5 2 10 pulmonary 29.9 ± 3.6
Roedl 13 7 0 0
Schmidt 25 38 20 5

25 mechanical

45 hemorrhagic

5 neurologic

38 renal

11 cardiovascular

50 pulmonary

129 infectious

7 others (5 thrombocytopenia, 2 HIT)

20 (10–40)
Shih 16 21 0 0
Takeda 67 NR 20 20 NA 14.42 ± 9.01
Yang 12 6 3 0

3 hemorrhagic

8 renal

8 cardiovascular

6 pulmonary

3 infectious

NR
Zayat 8 9 0 0
Zeng 5 NR 7 4 NA 11.3 ± 7.8
Zhang 14 29 0 0

ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; NR, not reported

*Days on ECMO reported as mean ± SD, median (interquartile range) or median [range]