Incidence and Risk Factors for Infection in Heart Transplant Recipients on Posttransplant Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) after transplantation seems to be associated with an increased risk for infectious complications. We assessed the impact of ECMO use on the incidence of infectious diseases in a nationwide cohort of heart transplant recipients.

Methods

Patients undergoing heart transplantation between 2008 and 2017 and enrolled in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study were included. We calculated incidence rates of infection at 1-y posttransplant and used Cox regression to identify infection-associated risk factors according to the pathogen group.

Results

We included 306 heart transplant recipients of whom 42 patients (13.7%) received ECMO in the posttransplant period. Incidence rates at 1 y for overall infection were 259 pe

SUBMITTER: van den Bogaart L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12629377 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature