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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of acute respiratory failure patients assisted with VV-ECMO

From: Heparin-free after 3000 IU heparin loaded in veno-venous ECMO supported acute respiratory failure patients with hemorrhage risk: a novel anti-coagulation strategy

 

Total

(n=70)

Survival Group

(n=25)

Non-survival Group

(n=45)

P-value

Male gender, (n%)

43 (61.4)

14 (56)

29 (64.4)

0.487

Age (y)

43.51 ± 13.31

40.36 ± 13.43

45.27 ± 13.07

0.141

BMI (Kg/M2)

24.49 ± 2.91

24.04 ± 2.21

24.74 ± 3.23

0.333

SOFA score

7 (5–9.25)

5 (4–6)

8 (6.5–11)

0.001

Primary disease or comorbidities, (n%)

   

0.565

 Polytrauma

26 (37.1)

9 (36)

17 (37.8)

 

 Respiratory tract hemorrhage

10 (14.3)

3 (12)

7 (15.6)

 

 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

20 (28.6)

6 (24)

14 (31.1)

 

 Cardiovascular surgery

8 (11.4)

3 (12)

5 (11.1)

 

 Non-cardiovascular surgery

6 (8.6)

4 (16)

2 (4.4)

 

Heparin free time, (min)

102.34 ± 43.70

104.92 ± 48.01

100.91 ± 41.62

0.720

ECMO assisted time, (h)

190.80 ± 88.95

188.60 ± 78.34

192.02 ± 95.17

0.880

Ventilation time, (h)

279(214.75–432)

360(144–480)

268(220–354.5)

0.730

tracheotomy, (n%)

28 (40)

12 (48)

16 (35.6)

0.323

Time in ICU, (d)

19.30 ± 10.56

23.15 ± 10.72

17.16 ± 9.95

0.022

CRRT, (n%)

36 (51.2)

13 (52)

23 (51.1)

0.943

PaO2/FiO2

49.00 ± 7.17

54.01 ± 5.66

46.21 ± 6.41

 < 0.001

Baseline laboratory examinations

 Creatine, (umol/L)

86.7 (66.95–112.75)

79 (59.5–88.5)

94(74.5–130)

0.002

 Platelet count, (109/L)

142.89 ± 49.56

163.2 ± 47.49

131.6 ± 47.50

0.010

 Total bilirubin, (umol/L)

13.85 (8.78–25.13)

12 (8.9–22.5)

14 (8.55–27)

0.060

 ACT, (s)

101.51 ± 12.76

98.64 ± 12.08

103.11 ± 12.98

0.162

 APTT, (s)

34.08 ± 6.30

34.57 ± 8.13

33.8 ± 5.10

0.627

 INR

1.19 ± 0.32

1.15 ± 0.32

1.20 ± 0.32

0.513

 D-dimer, (mg/L)

2.65 (0.88–5.42)

1.59 (0.45–4.81)

3.18 (1.04–5.77)

0.422

 Fibrinogen, (g/L)

4.09 ± 1.57

4.01 ± 1.44

4.14 ± 1.65

0.734

 LDH, (U/L)

820.63 ± 527.62

751.8 ± 455.17

858.87 ± 565.12

0.420

  1. Bold values indicate statistical significance. 
  2. VV-ECMO = veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, BMI body mass index, SOFA sepsis-related organ failure assessment, ICU intensive care unit, CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy , ACT activated clotting time, APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, INR international normalized ratio, LDH lactate dehydrogenase
  3. The data was shown as the mean ± SD, median (interquartile 25–75) or n (percentage)