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Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes

From: Spontaneous breathing in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Patient

Cause of ARDS

Underlying disease

Pre-ECMO PaO2/FiO2 (mmHg)

Pre-ECMO APACHE II Score

Pre-ECMO IMV duration (Days)

Alive

1

Pneumonia (Legionella)

Hypertension

50.1

15

1.1

Yes

2

Pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae)

None

59.0

11

11.8

No

3

Pneumonia (H1N1)

None

50.1

17

3.0

Yes

4

Pneumonia (H1N1)

AML

94.7

17

3.5

No

5

Pneumonia (Pneumocystis carinii)

SLE

52.0

23

1.0

Yes

6

Pneumonia (unidentified organism)

None

96.0

15

0.04

No

7

Pneumonia (H7N9)

None

35.2

24

0.4

Yes

8

Acute interstitial pneumonia

None

60.6

17

3.9

Yes

9

Pneumonia (Aspergillus fumigatus)

Bronchiectasis

63.0

17

4.8

Yes

10

Acute interstitial pneumonia

None

77.5

13

1.0

Yes

11

Pneumonia (H1N1)

None

108.0

10

4.3

Yes

12

Pneumonia (H1N1)

Hypertension

65.0

24

7.0

No

  1. AML acute myelogenous leukemia; APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; IMV invasive mechanical ventilation; SLE systemic lupus erythematosus