Abstract
The main hazardous events in the population of cardiac surgery patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy (va-ECMO) are occurrence of infection and death.
Highlights
The main hazardous events in the population of cardiac surgery patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy are occurrence of infection and death
The variables considered as possible risk factors at baseline were sex, age, BMI, immune suppression therapy (IST), SAPS II score, circumstances of ECMO implantation (OR, not OR) and SIRS
The estimated Hazard ratio (HR) of infection status for risk of death was close to 1, for both sets of patients taken into consideration: all patients (HR 0,927; confidence interval (CI) 0,568-1,512; p = 0,76), patients without infection before ECMO (HR 1,036; CI 0,612-1,755; p = 0,895)
Summary
To identify potential risk factors for either event and to study if the risk of death is changed after an infection has occurred
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