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Table 1 Demographics

From: Long-term quality of life in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory hypoxaemia

Parameter

Result

(n = 21)

Age, years, mean ±SD

36.3 ± 12.1

Male sex, n (%)

10 (48)

BMI, mean ± SD

32.1 ± 10.5

ARDS pneumonia, n (%)

21 (100)

Lung injury score, median (IQR)

APACHE II, mean ± SD

4 (3.5, 4.0)

19.9 ± 5.8

APACHE II ROD, mean ± SD

33.2 ± 18.1

APACHE III co-morbidity, n (%)*

Pregnancy, n (%)

2 (9)

3 (14)

ECMO retrieval, n (%)

18 (86)

H1N1 positive, n (%)

11 (52)

  1. ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; n, number; BMI, body mass index; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; IQR, interquartile range; ROD, risk of death; *presence or not, of at least one co-morbidity.
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