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Table 4 Comparison of complications during ECMO between survivors and non-survivors

From: Clinical outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in acute traumatic lung injury: a retrospective study

 

Total

Survivors

Non-survivors

P

n = 42 (%)

n = 34 (81%)

n = 8 (19%)

Leg ischemia

1 (2.4)

0 (0)

1 (2.4)

0.190

Bed sore

2 (4.8)

2 (4.8)

0 (0)

0.652

ARF (creatinine > 2 mg/dL)

11 (26.2)

5 (11.9)

6 (14.3)

0.002*

Cholecystitis

2 (4.8)

2 (4.8)

0 (0)

0.652

Ulcer bleeding

1 (2.4)

1 (2.4)

0 (0)

0.810

CNS injury

1 (2.4)

0 (0)

1 (2.4)

0.190

Multiorgan failure

2 (4.8)

1 (2.4)

1 (2.4)

0.348

  1. Abbreviations: ARF acute renal failure, CNS central nervous system, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  2. *Statistically significant, P < 0.05