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Table 3 Complications During ECMO

From: Application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by avian influenza A (H7N9) viral pneumonia: national data from the Chinese multicentre collaboration

Complications

Our study (%)

ECLS Registry Report (%) [18, 19]

ECMO Mechanical Complications

 Oxygenator failure

0.0

18

 Oxygenator thrombosis

14.3

12

 Other sites thrombosis

2.9

7.7

Hemorrhage

45.7

–

 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

28.6

4.6

 Cerebral hemorrhage

8.6

4–8

 Other site hemorrhage

31.4

–

Organ Failure

 Brain death

8.6

3.8

 Cerebral infarction

2.9

–

 Epilepsy

2.9

–

 Renal insufficiency

48.6

33.5

 Heart failure

62.9

61.8

 Arrhythmia with unstable hemodynamics

5.7

18.2

 Cardiac arrest

11.4

9.8

 Liver failure

25.7

–

 DIC

8.6

3.8

 Hemolysis

2.9

7.1

 Severe thrombocytopenia

11.4

–

Nosocomial Infection

 CRBSI

28.6

21.2

 Bacteremia of other sources

5.7

–

 VAP

60.0

–

 Urinary infections

17.1

–

Barotrauma

8.6

–

Metabolic

 Hyperbilirubinemia

4 (11.4)

7.3

 Hyperglycemia

17 (48.6)

18.2

  1. Note: DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation, CRBSI catheter related bloodstream infection, VAP ventilator associated pneumonia; severe thrombocytopenia refers to thrombocyte less than 20*10^9/L; hyperglycemia refers to blood glucose more than 13.3 mmol/L