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Table 1 The patient characteristics before extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

From: The pre-ECMO simplified acute physiology score II as a predictor for mortality in patients with initiation ECMO support at the emergency department for acute circulatory and/or respiratory failure: a retrospective study

Characteristics

Number

Sex, male

52

Age, years

56.0 (42.5, 71.5)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

22.9 (21.8, 26.1)

Medical History

 

Hypertension

25

Diabetes

22

Coronary artery disease

4

Chronic kidney disease

3

Cerebral vascular accident

3

Pulmonary disease

1

Diagnosis, n (survivors)

 

Acute cardiac failure

42 (18)

Acute myocardial infarction

28 (10)

Pulmonary thromboembolism

4 (3)

Unknown cardiac arrest

3 (0)

Other*

7 (5)

Refractory septic shock

9 (3)

Neurogenic circulatory failure

1 (0)

Acute respiratory failure

13 (10)

Traumatic respiratory failure

8 (8)

Sepsis related respiratory failure

3 (1)

Neurogenic pulmonary edema

1 (1)

Status asthmaticus

1 (0)

Arrest, n (survivors)

51 (17)

Out of hospital, n (survivors)

35 (15)

ED, n (survivors)

16 (2)

CPR time, min

55 (20, 72)

CPR-related complications‡

22 (34 %)

E-CPR, n (survivors)

35 (10)

Pre-ECMO laboratory findings

 

pH

7.09 (6.94, 7.23)

PaO2/FiO2

54.84 (28.9, 80.0)

CK-MB

4.04 (1.80, 12.25)

Troponin-I

0.1 (0.03, 0.86)

BUN

15.4 (11.85, 20.85)

Creatinine

1.20 (0.95, 1.40)

Total bilirubin

0.87 (0.60, 1.38)

AST

55.0 (32.5, 120.5)

ALT

40.0 (24.0, 106.5)

Lactate

8.75 (6.10, 12.73)

IABP

10

SOFA score

13 (11, 14)

Pre-ECMO SAPS II

88 (70, 97)

Door to ECMO time†, min

93.0 (56.5, 182.0)

E-CPR

62.0 (49.0, 95.0)

Veno-arterial

157.0 (84.0, 348.0)

Veno-venous

126.0 (102.0, 206.0)

  1. Continuous variables are reported as median (interquartile range)
  2. CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ED emergency department, E-CPR extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, BUN blood urea nitrogen, AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase, IABP intraaortic balloon pump, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II
  3. *Hypothermia, malignant arrhythmia, dilated cardiomyopathy, ischemic cardiomyopathy, commotio cordis, abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture
  4. †Door to ECMO time: the time from arrival at the ED to ECMO implantation
  5. ‡Hypoxic brain damage, hemothorax, pulmonary hemorrhage, chest wall compartment syndrome, chylothorax