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Table 4 Hospital data

From: Pre-hospital ECPR in an Australian metropolitan setting: a single-arm feasibility assessment—The CPR, pre-hospital ECPR and early reperfusion (CHEER3) study

ICU and Hospital care

 

n

10

ICU Admission Length mean, (range) hours

108 (0.25–386)

ICU admission Length—Survivors mean, (range) hours

207 (138–386)

ICU admission—Non-survivors mean, (range) hours

41 (0.25–106)

Hospital Admission, mean, (range) hours

189 (0.25–576)

Hospital Admission—Survivors mean, (range) hours

411 (260–576)

Hospital Admission—Non-survivors mean, (range) hours

41 (0.25—106)

Renal Replacement Therapy

4 (40%)

Mechanical ventilation mean, (range) hours

90.75 (0.25–288)

Vasoactive medications mean, (range) hours

53.5 (0.25–120)

TTM target temperature 1st 24 h

35.9 (35.0–36.0)

Hospital outcome

CPC 5 (Death)

6 (60%)

CPC 2

1 (10%)

CPC 1

3 (30%)

6 month outcome

CPC 5 (Death)

6 (60%)

CPC 1

4 (40%)

Reasons for death or palliation:

n = 6

HIE / Brain Death

3/6 (50%)

Unsupportable circulation

1/6 (17%)

Inoperable pathology

2/6 (33%)

ECMO related complications:

Cannulation complications

2 (20%)*

Failure to establish ECMO blood flow

0 (0%)

Bleeding complication (requiring transfusion)

1 (10%)**

Infection at cannulation site

0 (0%)

Limb ischaemia

0 (0%)

Mechanical device problem

0 (0%)

Organ and tissue donor after death

1/6 (17%)

  1. ICU Intensive Care Unit, TTM Targeted Temperature Management, CPC Cerebral Performance Score, HIE Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy
  2. *Unable to feed arterial guide wire, contralateral cannulation successful. No arterial back bleeding, contralateral cannulation successful
  3. **Related to insertion of distal perfusion cannula (DPC) once in the ICU, required surgical exploration, repair and insertion of 6Fr DPC