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. 2022 Dec 21. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.12.013

Table 1.

Demographics of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 based on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation status and presence of right ventricular dysfunction

Demographics of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19
ECMO (n = 126)
No ECMO (n = 117)
No RVD (n = 78) RVD (n = 48) P value No RVD (n = 85) RVD (n = 32) P value
Age, y (mean, SD) 48.8 (11.4) 51.94 (9.5) .189 59.6 (14.8) 63.2 (12.7) .226
Female sex 24 (30.8%) 15 (31.2%) 1.00 30 (35.3%) 10 (31.2%) .847
Race .223 .383
 Asian 1 (1.3%) 2 (4.2%) 6 (7.1%) 3 (9.4%)
 Black 14 (17.9%) 15 (31.2%) 19 (23.4%) 10 (31.2%)
 Other 17 (21.8%) 8 (16.7%) 36 (42.4%) 8 (25.0%)
 White 46 (59.0%) 23 (47.9%) 24 (28.2%) 11 (34.4%)
BMI (mean, SD) 34.6 (8.7) 33.4 (6.9) .441 32.8 (8.7) 29.7 (6.3) .072
Insured 68 (87.2%) 40 (83.3%) .736 75 (88.2%) 25 (78.1%) .276
Distance traveled, miles (median, IQR) 41.5 (14.5, 82.5) 25.5 (10.0, 63.2) .237 6.0 (3.0, 36.0) 5.0 (3.5, 9.5) .573
Diabetes 32 (42.1%) 19 (40.4%) 1.00 40 (48.2%) 17 (53.1%) .790
Cardiovascular disease 5 (6.7%)
3
7 (14.9%)
1
.241 20 (24.1%)
2
10 (31.2%)
0
.585
Hypertension 34 (44.7%) 25 (53.2%) .468 48 (57.8%) 20 (62.5%) .807
Chronic kidney disease 5 (6.6%) 4 (8.5%) .965 16 (19.5%) 6 (18.8%) 1.00
Liver disease 1 (1.3%) 2 (4.3%) .679 1 (1.2%) 1 (3.1%) 1.00
Obstructive sleep apnea 6 (8.0%) 7 (14.9%) .368 14 (17.9%) 3 (9.4%) .401
Interstitial lung disease 0 0 1.00 0 1 (3.2%) .611
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 6 (7.9%) 3 (6.5%) 1.00 11 (13.4%) 5 (16.1%) .947
Current smoker 4 (5.9%) 1 (2.4%) .719 7 (9.5%) 2 (6.9%) .979
ICU admission Apache II Score (median, SD) 15.2 (8.5) 14.9 (6.9) .852 16.1 (7.0) 16.5 (7.8) .777
ICU admission SOFA Score (median, SD) 7.9 (4.1) 7.0 (3.6) .174 7.4 (2.9) 7.9 (3.5) .417

ECMO, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; RVD, right ventricular dysfunction; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; ICU, intensive care unit; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.