Chronic respiratory disease and survival outcomes after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality of life following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy is an important health issue. We aimed to describe the characteristics of patients who developed chronic respiratory disease (CRD) following ECMO therapy, and investigate the association between newly diagnosed post-ECMO CRDs and 5-year all-cause mortality among ECMO survivors.

Methods

We analyzed data from the National Health Insurance Service in South Korea. All adult patients who underwent ECMO therapy in the intensive care unit between 2006 and 2014 were included. ECMO survivors were defined as those who survived for 365 days after ECMO therapy. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, lung disease due to external agents, obstructiv

SUBMITTER: Oh TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8256197 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature