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Table 2 Patients treated with V-A ECLS for in-hospital cardiac arrest.

From: Extracorporeal life support for management of refractory cardiac or respiratory failure: initial experience in a tertiary centre

Patients

Age/Gender

SAPS II at admission

Diagnosis at hospital admission

Cardiac arrest etiology

Initial rhythm of cardiac arrest

ACLS duration to ECLS (minutes)

Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC)

ECLS duration (hours)

ECLS-related complications

ICU LOS (days)

ICU outcome

Pt 1

66/F

60

Septic shock

Multi Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Asystole

60

No

6

None

2

Non survived

Pt 2

59/M

69

Cardiac arrest

Bridge to diagnosis

Pulseless electrical activity

90

Yes

25

None

2

Non survived

Pt 3

16/M

40

Trauma with brain injury

Trauma

Pulseless electrical activity

45

No

46

None

9

Non survived

Pt 4

23/M

80

Trauma

Hemorrhagic shock

Pulseless electrical activity

55

No

3

None

1

Non survived