Table 1

Demographics, disease process and outcome of patients
Patient	Age (years)	Sex	Primary disease	Therapy	Number of turns on therapy	Cannula location	Cannula complication	Outcome

1	26	Male	Inhalation injury, burn	ECMO	4	RIJ, RFem	None	Alive
2	34	Male	Pulmonary contusion, polytrauma	ECMO	6	RIJ, RFem, LFem	None	Dead
3	21	Female	Viral pneumonia	ECMO	10	RIJ, RFem, LFem	None	Dead
4	47	Male	Esophagectomy, anastomotic leak	CVVH	10	RIJ × 2, RFem × 2	Both cannulae changed, poor flow supine and prone	Dead
5	37	Male	Abdominal gunshot	CVVH	12	LFem	None	Alive
6	23	Male	Abdominal gunshot	ECMO	8	RIJ, RFem × 2	None	Alive
				CVVH	2
7	59	Male	Viral pneumonia	ECMO	16	RIJ, RFem	RIJ low flow supine, cannula repositioned	Dead

CVVH, continuous venovenous hemofiltration; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; RIJ, right internal jugular vein; RFem, right femoral vein; LFem, left femoral vein.
Goettler et al. Critical Care 2002 6:452 doi:10.1186/cc1814