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Table 2 Baseline characteristics at the time of ECLS implantation*

From: Extracorporeal life support in severe drug intoxication: a retrospective cohort study of seventeen cases

ECM (min)

GCS

HR

AP (mmHg)

Vasopressor

ECG

LVEF

Lactate (mmol/L)

Bicarbonate (mmol/L)

1 §

160

3

0

0

Epinephrine

Asystole

Akinesia

-

21.1

2 §¶

150

3

0

0

Epinephrine

Asystole

-

> 30

17.8

3 §¶

170

3

0

0

Epinephrine Isoproterenol

Asystole

Akinesia

10.8

19

4

60

3

40

60/40

Epinephrine

Bradycardia (QRS 183 ms)

Hypokinesia (LEVF 15%)

5.85

29.6

5

70

3

0

0

Epinephrine

Asystole

-

7.3

26.3

6

50

3

0

0

-

Asystole

Akinesia

-

-

7

60

3

30

50/33

Epinephrine Dobutamine

Bradycardia (QRS 214 ms)

Akinesia

-

17.5

8

No

3

60

50/30

Epinephrine Isoproterenol

Sinusal

-

10.5

17.7

9

No

3

40

85/54

Epinephrine Isoproterenol Dobutamine

Bradycardia (QRS 175 ms)

Hypokinesia

9.65

19.6

10

No

3

68

71/52

Epinephrine Dobutamine

Sinusal

Hypokinesia (LVEF 20%)

0.57

17.2

11

No

3

 

60/48

Epinephrine Dobutamine

Sinusal

Hypokinesia (LVEF 20%)

-

-

12

No

8

30

70/40

Norepinephrine Isoproterenol Dopamine

Atrio-ventricular block

Hypokinesia (LVEF 25%)

4.6

17.9

13**

No

3

55

75/50

Epinephrine

Sinusal

Hypokinesia (LVEF 30%)

5.9

11.7

14 §¶

No

3

140

85/58

Epinephrine

Ventricular tachycardia

Hypokinesia (LVEF 20%)

8,8

20.2

15**

No

3

85

82/56

Epinephrine Norepinephrine

Right bundle-branch block

Hypokinesia (LVEF 25%)

1.7

18

16

No

15

60

70/60

Epinephrine

Bradycardia (QRS 203 ms)

Hypokinesia (LVEF 10%)

3.7

22.4

17

No

15

36

60/40

Epinephrine Dobutamine

Sinusal

Hypokinesia (LVEF 10%)

3.7

19.9

  1. * For patients with cardiac arrest, we provided data recorded just before cardiac arrest if available
  2. ** ECLS performed after restoration of spontaneous circulation following a brief period of asystole
  3. § Patients with temporary external transthoracic electrostimulation before initiation of ECLS
  4. Patients requiring continuous venovenous hemofiltration or conventional dialysis before or immediately following ECLS implantation
  5. AP: arterial pressure; ECG: echocardiogram; ECM: manual external cardiac massage; ECLS: extra corporeal life support; HR: heart rate; GCS: Glasgow coma score; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; QRS: duration of the complex representing ventricular depolarization on electrocardiogram.