Table 2

Patient outcome

Control group

HF group

Mann-Whitney U-test


Median (min to max)

Median (min to max)

P value


Time on ECMO (hours)

126 (24 to 403)

98 (48 to 187)

0.02

Time until extubation after decannulation (days)

4.8 (0 to 121.5)

2.5 (0 to 6.4)

0.04


Fluid balance (mL/kg/day)

40 (-53 to 214)

-29 (-75 to 60)

< 0.001

Urine (mL/kg/day)

121 (28 to 292)

54 (11 to 94)

0.38

Filtration flow rate in (L/kg/day)

-

1.2 (0.6 to 1.4)

-

Filtration flow rate out (L/kg/day)

-

1.3 (0.6 to 1.7)

-

Blood loss (mL/kg/day)

57 (8 to 135)

12 (6 to 30)

< 0.001

Erythrocyte transfusion (mL/kg/day)

39 (0 to 73)

16 (0 to 35)

< 0.001

Platelet transfusion (mL/kg/day)

37 (0 to 65)

29 (11 to 63)

0.11

Colloids (mL/kg/day)

6 (0 to 37)

4 (0 to 30)

0.25

Pasteurised plasma (mL/kg/day)

18 (0 to 98)

20 (2 to 69)

0.79

Units erythrocytes (units/day)

1.8 (0.8 to 2.9)

0.9 (0.2 to 2.7)

< 0.001

Units thrombocytes (units/day)

0.9 (0.2 to 1.9)

0.7 (0.2 to 2)

0.3


Vasopressor score

7 (0 to 56)

5 (0 to 41)

0.83

Furosemide (mg/kg/day)

1.2 (0 to 2.6)

-

-

Bumetanide (mg/kg/day)

0 (0 to 0.27)

-

-


Maximum serum creatinine (μmol/l)

58 (14 to 91)

49 (28 to 105)

0.17

Maximum serum urea (mmol/l)

6 (1 to 42)

4 (2 to 13)

0.01

Minimum serum albumin

21 (2 to 30)

23 (13 to 28)

0.15

Mortality rate

7 (16)*

3 (21)*,**

0.61

Day of death after decannulation

3.4 (0 to 11.4)

1.5 (-0.5 to 6.4)

0.56


Values are presented as mean (interquartile range). * n (%), ** One patient died on ECMO.

ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; HF = haemofiltration.

Blijdorp et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R48   doi:10.1186/cc7771

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