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

Table 2 ICU patient management

Characteristics Severity of ARDS one hour prior to initiation of ECMO	N = 21
Ventilation parameters:
Pressure control mode of ventilation, n (%) Lowest PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio, median (IQR) Highest FiO₂, median (IQR) Highest PEEP (cmH₂O), median (IQR) Highest peak pressure (cmH₂O), median (IQR) Lowest pH, median (IQR) Dynamic lung compliance (ml/ cmH₂O), median (IQR) Quadrants of X-ray infiltrate (n), median (IQR)	21 (100) 69 (50, 105) 1.0 (1.0, 1.0) 17 (15, 20) 30 (27, 33) 7.2 (7.1, 7.3) 16.6 (9.3, 23.1) 4 (4-4)
Rescue therapies, n (%)
Recruitment maneuver Nitric oxide HFOV	16 (76) 3 (14) 1 (5)
After initiation of ECMO
Vasopressor, n (%)	16 (76)
Renal replacement therapy, n (%)	2 (10)
ECMO parameters
Converted dual flow, n (%) High blood flow (L/min), mean ± SD High FGF, mean ± SD Highest platelets, mean ± SD Highest Hb, mean ± SD	14 (67) 5.2 ± 1.0 5.3 ± 1.9 219 ± 114 90.2 ± 12.7

ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ECMO, extra corporeal membrane oxygenation; FGF, free flow gas; Hb, hemoglobin; HFOV, high frequency oscillatory ventilation; IQR, interquartile range; n, number; PEEP, positive end expiratory pressure.

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