Predictors associated with mortality of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) has rapidly increased in recent years. Today, applications of V-V ECMO include a variety of clinical conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), bridge to lung transplantation and primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. The purpose of the present study was to investigate in-hospital mortality of adult patients undergoing V-V ECMO therapy and to determine independent predictors associated with mortality.

Methods

This retrospective study was conducted at the University Hospital Zurich, a designated ECMO center in Switzerland. Data was analyzed of all adult V-V ECMO cases from 2007 to 2019.

Results

In total, 221 patients required V-V ECMO support (median

SUBMITTER: Neumann E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10267924 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature