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Table 2

Characteristics of patients that received conventional ventilation vs HFOV prior to ECMO cannulation.

Characteristics Conventional (n = 94) HFOV (n = 13) p-value
Demographic data
Age (years)a 0.12 (0.02, 1.02) 0.5 (0.01, 1.98) 0.942
Age groupb 0.920
 Neonate (≤30 days) 42 (44.5) 6 (46)
 Pediatric 52 (55.5) 7 (54)
Weight (kg)a 4.2 (3, 9) 5.6 (3, 12) 0.432
Height (cm)a 64.5 (50, 98) 58.7 (48, 77) 0.327
BSA (m2)a 0.32 (0.22, 0.62) 0.28 (0.20, 0.47) 0.416
Genderb 0.368
 Female 40 (42.5) 4 (30.7)
 Male 51 (57.5) 9 (69.3)
Raceb 0.349
 Caucasian 49 (52) 4 (31)
 African-American 16 (17) 3 (22)
 Other 29 (31) 6 (47)
Diagnostic groupb 0.501
 CHD 73 (77.6) 9 (69)
 Heart failure 21 (22.4) 4 (31)
Heart transplantb 8 (8.5) 0 (0) N/A
Pre-ECMO data and support
Pre ECMO arrestb 33 (35) 4 (31) 0.757
Oxygenation indexa 27 (12, 48) 43 (45, 88) <0.001
Mean BP (mmHg)a 43 (33, 53) 62 (28, 58) 0.902
FiO2 need (%)a 100 (75, 100) 100 (100, 100) 0.092
pHa 7.19 (7.10, 7.31) 7.34 (7.05, 7.34) 0.819
CPBb 39 (41.4) 1 (7.6) 0.018
VADb 9 (9.5) 0 (0) N/A
RRTb 1 (1) 0 (0) N/A
Nitric oxideb 41 (43.6) 6 (46) 0.862
ECMO data
ECMO modeb 0.974
 Veno-arterial 87 (92.5) 12 (92.3)
 Veno-Venous 7 (7.5) 1 (7.6)
ECMO typeb <0.001
 Cardiac 76 (80.8) 5 (38.4)
 Pulmonary 5 (5.3) 5 (38.4)
 ECPR 13 (13.9) 3 (23.2)
Cannula locationb 0.041
 Central 57 (60.6) 4 (31)
 Peripheral 37 (39.4) 9 (69)
Cardiac indexa 1.97 (1.6, 2.5) 1.97 (1.5, 2.0) 0.482
Outcomes and complications
ECMO duration (h)a 137 (90, 282) 130 (72, 163) 0.303
LOS (days)a 31 (21, 56) 38 (22, 53) 0.732
MV duration (h)a 378 (216, 742) 364 (201, 566) 0.660
Complication typeb
 Cardiovascular 40 (42.5) 4 (31) 0.418
 Hemorrhagic 39 (41.4) 4 (31) 0.459
 Infectious 6 (6.3) 1 (7.6) 0.857
 Limb 1 (1) 0 (0) N/A
 Mechanical 39 (41.4) 2 (15.4) 0.069
 Metabolic 21 (22.3) 3 (23) 0.952
 Neurologic 17 (18) 1 (7.6) 0.347
 Respiratory 25 (26.5) 2 (15.4) 0.383
 Renal 42 (44.6) 7 (53.8) 0.534
a

Medians (IQR).

b

Frequencies (%).

BP: blood pressure, BSA: body surface area, CHD: congenital heart disease, CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECPR: extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, FiO2: fraction of inspired oxygen, HFOV: high-frequency oscillatory ventilation, h: hours, LOS: length of stay, MV: mechanical ventilation, RRT: renal replacement therapy, VAD: ventricular assist device.

Heart failure includes cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, and heart transplant.

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