Figure 1
From: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory failure
ARDS patients treated with ECMO in European centres from 1992 to 1998. Data were obtained by a yearly fax survey among the centres. In 1995 the number of centres participating in the survey had almost doubled, as did the number of ECMO therapies. Since 1996 the frequency of ECMO therapies in Europe has been decreasing. Survival rates in ECMO patients have remained constant at above 50% during the past 6 years.