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Table 3 A comparison of complications among survivors and non-survivors

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

 

Non-survivors

Survivors

p-value

n = 34

n = 31

Cannula-related complications

2

2

1.000a

Cannula site bleeding

1

-

 

Leg ischemia

1

1

Thrombosis

-

1

Acute renal failure

12

9

0.590

SIRS

1

-

1.000a

Gastrointestinal bleeding

3

2

1.000a

Cholecystitis

-

1

0.477a

Intracranial hemorrhage

2

-

1.000a

  1. aFisher’s exact test. SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome