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Table 1 Diagnosis leading to ARDS and outcome

From: A new miniaturized system for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adult respiratory failure

 

All

Survival off ECMO

Survival to Discharge

Total (No, %)

60 (100)

37 (62)

27 (45)

Pneumonia

25

16

14

Aspiration

11

6

3

Sepsis

15

7

3

Multiple Trauma

4

3

2

Other

5

5

5

  1. Other = two cases of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, one case each of fulminant Still's disease, near fatal asthma and combined pneumonia with pulmonary embolism