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Table 3 Clinical variables and outcomes of patients according to in-hospital survival status

From: Clinical course and outcome of patients with acute pulmonary embolism rescued by veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective review of 21 cases

Ā 

Survivors (nā€‰=ā€‰11)

Non-survivors (nā€‰=ā€‰10)

p

Age, years

55.4ā€‰Ā±ā€‰17.7

54.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰15.1

0.863

Male sex

8 (72.7%)

7 (70.0%)

0.890

Smoking

3 (27.3%)

3 (30.0%)

0.890

BMI (kg/m2)

25.8ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.4

24.7ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3.9

0.500

Cardiac arrest

2 (18.2%)

9 (90.0%)

0.001

CPR duration, minutes

6.1ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.5

36.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰19.2

Ā 

Post-ECMO thrombolytic therapy

6 (54.5%)

2 (20.0%)

0.104

Major complications

ā€ƒNeurologic impairment

0 (0.0%)

10 (100.0%)

<ā€‰0.001

ā€ƒAcute kidney injury required dialysis

0 (0.0%)

7 (70.0%)

0.001

ā€ƒMajor bleeding

1 (9.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0.329

ā€ƒECMO-related complications

1 (9.1%)

1 (10.0%)

0.943

ECMO duration, days

5.0ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.6

5.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.8

0.454

MV duration, days

10.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.7

6.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.6

0.125

ICU LOS, days

15.6ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.3

6.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.6

0.012

Hospital LOS, days

29.9ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.0

6.3ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.6

<ā€‰0.001

  1. BMI body mass index, CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ECMO veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, MV mechanical ventilation