Extracorporeal decarboxylation in patients with severe traumatic brain injury and ARDS enables effective control of intracranial pressure

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient	Age (yr)	ARDS diagnosis (days after admission)	pECLA device implant after ARDS diagnosis (days)	pECLA device treatment (days)
1	39	7	2	12
2^a	61	6	2	7
3	40	4	1	5
4^a	35	2	2	7
5	13	5	1	12
6	53	3	1	4 (6)^b
7	53	5	2	8
8	50	6	1	8
9	53	4	2	8
10	50	3	1	9

^aPatient died within 30 days after admission
^bPatient was treated after day 4 with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation because of acute decreasing oxygenation

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