Outcome and Clinical Characteristics of Nosocomial Infection in Adult Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study conducts a meta-analysis of clinical outcomes of nosocomial infection in adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and systematically evaluates clinical epidemiological characteristics.

Methods

Document retrieval strategies were determined, and all adult patients treated by ECMO were included. The prevalence, incidence, mortality, ECMO use time, intensive care unit (ICU) stay time, hospital stay time, and risk factors of nosocomial infection were systematically evaluated. Subsequently, a meta-analysis of the impact of nosocomial infection on risk of in-hospital mortality was conducted.

Results

A total of 25 retrospective studies were included, and 19 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The prevalence of nosocomial

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9268548 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature