Potential role for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) during in-hospital cardiac arrest in Australia: A nested cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of patients who fulfilled extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) selection criteria during in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA).

Design

This is a nested cohort study.

Setting

Code blue data were collected across seven hospitals in Australia between July 2017 and August 2018.

Participants

Participants who fulfilled E-CPR selection criteria during IHCA were included.

Main outcome measures

Return of spontaneous circulation and survival and functional outcome at hospital discharge. Functional outcome was measured using the modified Rankin scale, with scores dichotomised into good and poor functional outcome.

Results

Twenty-three (23/144; 16%) patient

SUBMITTER: Pound G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10581279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature