Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Medicare recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in older patients is a controversial practice. The historically high mortality associated with elderly patients who require extracorporeal support frequently dampens the enthusiasm for expending limited, cost-intensive resources on patients of advanced age. We evaluated outcomes in Medicare patients who had suffered sudden acute cardiac arrest and received extracorporeal support.

Methods

We used the United States Medicare Inpatient Analytical Files (2018-2023) to evaluate beneficiaries with cardiac arrest who were placed on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO). International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes were used to define comorbidities and frailty using validat

SUBMITTER: Hayanga JWA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12745106 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature