Association of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation With New Mental Health Diagnoses in Adult Survivors of Critical Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used as temporary cardiorespiratory support in critically ill patients, but little is known regarding long-term psychiatric sequelae among survivors after ECMO.

Objective

To investigate the association between ECMO survivorship and postdischarge mental health diagnoses among adult survivors of critical illness.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada, from April 1, 2010, through March 31, 2020. Adult patients (N=4462; age ≥18 years) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and surviving to hospital discharge were included.

Exposures

Receipt of ECMO.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was a new mental health diagnosis (a composit

SUBMITTER: Fernando SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9608013 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature