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Table 5 Follow-up data

From: Therapeutic hypothermia in adult patients receiving extracorporeal life support: early results of a randomized controlled study

Variable

All patients n = 21 (%)

Hypothermia n = 9 (%)

Normothermia n = 12 (%)

P-value

Weaned from ECLS

12 (57.1)

4 (44.4)

8 (66.7)

0.309

Severe neurological dysfunction

13 (61.9)

6 (66.7)

7 (58.3)

0.697

Length of hospital stay (days)

7 (2, 22)

6 (2, 23)

7 (2, 22)

0.772

In-hospital death

15 (71.4)

6 (66.7)

9 (75.0)

0.676

Hospital discharge

5 (23.8)

3 (33.3)

2 (18.2)

0.436

Survival at 6 months

5 (23.8)

3 (33.3)

2 (18.2)

0.436

Survival (good neurological function)

3 (14.3)

2 (22.2)

1 (8.3)

0.368

  1. Values for non-parametric continuous variables are expressed as median followed by 25th and 75th percentiles. Values for categorical variables are expressed as numbers (%)
  2. ECLS extracorporeal life support