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Table 3 Rescue mission characteristics and adverse events

From: Transportation of patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a tertiary medical center experience and systematic review of the literature

 

Patients analyzed (Total N = 1481)

Mean (CI 95%)

Rescue mission

Distance of transportation (km)

444

486 (68–904)

Rescue time lasting (hours)

318

17 (9–27)

Ambulance (%)

1481

53 (50–56)

Fixed wing (%)

1481

27 (25–31)

Helicopter (%)

1481

22 (19–24)

International transportation (%)

1481

7 (5–8)

Adverse events on the rescue mission

Death during transport (%)

1481

2 deaths (0.1%)

Tidal volume fall (%)

1481

4 (3–5)

System rupture (%)

1481

1.0 (0.4–1.6)

Any bleeding (%)

1481

0.9 (0.3–1.4)

Power failure (%)

1481

0.5 (0.1–0.9)

Hypotension (%)

1481

0.4 (0.1–0.8)

Cannulae dislodgement (%)

1481

0.2 (0.1–0.7)

Others (%)

1481

0.9 (0.3–1.4)

Absence of complications (%)

1481

92 (91–94)