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Table 3 Patients characteristic of the transport group

From: ECLS supported transport of ICU patients: does out-of -house implantation impact survival?

Patients characteristics

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p

Age (yrs)

47 (+ − 20)

48 (+ − 18)

p = 0.477

Time admission to circulatory support (h)

46 (+ − 41)

52 (+ − 89)

p = 0.177

Gender (male) n(%)

478 (65)

161 (66)

p = 0.756

Awake ECMO

144 (20)

16 (7)

p < 0.001

Dialysis before ECMO n (%)

263 (36)

34 (14)

p < 0.001

Peak Insp. Pressure, cmH2O

34 (+ − 6)

32 (+ − 8)

p = 0.009

pO2/FiO2

96 (+ − 29)

93 (+ − 18)

p = 0.343

SAVE Score (v-a only)

−1.56 (+ − 4.73

−3.93 (+ − 4.22)

p < 0.001

RESP Score (v-v only)

−1.14 (+ − 4.146)

−0.52(+ − 3.635)

p = 0.130

type of support

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Total n

733

243

 

v-a n (%)

384 (52)

109 (45)

p = 0.027

v-v n (%)

327 (45)

129 (53)

p = 0.012

Others n (%)

22 (3)

5 (2)

p = 0.259

perioperative data

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p

ECLS running time (d)

8.03 (+ − 8.19)

7.81 (+ − 6.71)

p = 0.675

Mortality on ECLS

322 (44)

97 (40)

p = 0.162

30 day mortality

379 (52)

119 (49)

p = 0.265

Death after ECLS (sec. Failure)

52 (7)

32 (13)

p = 0.003

Vascular complications

40 (5)

13 (5)

p = 0.5

  1. v-v: veno-venous support, v-a veno-arterial support