Five Years After Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Cohort Study of Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To report on 5-year survival, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and occupational status of patients with respiratory or cardiac failure, who were supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Design

A prospective multicenter observational cohort follow-up study.

Setting

ICUs of ten ECMO centers in the Netherlands, representing more than 90% of all patients supported with ECMO in the Netherlands.

Patients

Patients supported with ECMO between August 2017 and July 2019.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Survival was assessed by consulting the Dutch municipal records database. All 5-year survivors received a questionnaire. HRQoL was assessed using the standardized EuroQol 5D Five Levels instrument, and occ

SUBMITTER: Jolink FEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12655885 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature