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. 2021 Oct 7;196(3):566–576. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17870

Table II.

Supportive care and therapies delivered during support with VV ECMO.

Intervention/treatment Total number = 152
IV Immunoglobulins 5 (3·3%)
Tocilizumab 8 (5·3%)
Plasmapheresis 14 (9·2%)
Steroids 91 (59·9%)
Haemostatic with tranexamic acid 14 (9·2%)
Blood product support
Red cell units (median and range) 7 (0–57)
Platelet units (median and range) 0 (0–10)
FFP units (median and range) 0 (0–48)
Cryoprecipitate units (median and range) 0 (0–12)
Fibrinogen (g; median and range) 0 (0–12)

VV ECMO, veno‐venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; IV, intravenous.

Supportive care and therapies were involving based on clinical studies and experience during the pandemic and not all available at the start of the study.