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Table 1 Admission characteristics of VA-ECMO-treated patient according to neurological complication status

From: Ischemic and hemorrhagic brain injury during venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Characteristic

No damage (n = 813)

Brain injury

Ischemic stroke (n = 42)

Intracranial bleeding (n = 20)

Age (years)

53 [42;61]

50 [37;63]

44.5 [30;61]

Femalesa

237 (29)

12 (29)

11 (55)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25 [23;28]

24 [22;29]

25 [22;31]

McCabe and Jackson comorbidity score ≥ 2

439 (54)

26 (62)

15 (75)

Previous history of stroke

44 (5)

0 (0)

3 (15)

At ICU admission

 SAPS II score

72 [55;85]

68.5 [60;86]

75.5 [55;91]

 SOFA score

5 [3;14]

5 [3;8]

5 [3;9]

 Organ failure

  Respiratory

530 (66)b

32 (76)

9 (47)

  Hepatic

61 (8)

3 (7)

2 (10)

  Renal

506 (63)

26 (62)

12 (60)

  Hematological

377 (47)

28 (67)

12 (60)

  Neurological

556 (69)

25 (60)

12 (60)

VA-ECMO hookupa

 Peripheral

705 (87)

29 (69)

11 (55)

 Central

108 (13)

13 (31)

9 (45)

Cardiac surgery before or after ECMOa

329 (40)

25 (60)

8 (40)

Intra-aortic balloon pump

268 (33)

15 (36)

4 (20)

ENCOURAGE scoreb

23 [17;29]

21 [13;30]

25 [21;28]

  1. Results are expressed as number (%) or median [27th;75th percentile]
  2. SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, VA-ECMO venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  3. aP < 0.05 for between-group comparisons
  4. bCalculated according to Muller et al. [2]