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Table 1 Demographic and clinical variables for patients receiving extracorporeal life support for status asthmaticus at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston from 1986 to 2007

From: Experience with use of extracorporeal life support for severe refractory status asthmaticus in children

Patient

Year ECLS

performed

Race

Total ECLS run time (hours)

Ventilator hours prior to ECLS initiation

Serum pH prior to ECLS

Serum PaCO2 prior to ECLS (mmHg)

Ventilator hours after ECLS until extubation

1

1994

AA

135

20

7.02

102

288

2

1995

C

184

10

6.83

172

89

3

1996

AA

63

17

6.83

186

44

4

1997

AA

174

34

6.98

151

51

5

2002

C

395

24

6.75

190

383

6

2004

AA

100

9.5

6.94

> 130

72

7

2006

AA

106

32

7.03

101

38.5

8

2006

C

95

20

6.93

> 130

142

9

2006

C

66

14

6.99

106

17.5

10

2007

AA

52

12

7.0

127

46

11

2007

AA

48

12

6.85

> 130

30

12

2007

AA

42

4

6.8

> 130

53

13

2007

AA

70

1

6.78

> 130

40

  1. AA = African-American; C = Caucasian; ECLS = extracorporeal life support; PaCO2 = partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide.