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Table 2 Extracorporeal therapy use by modality

From: Extracorporeal therapies in pediatric severe sepsis: findings from the pediatric health-care information system

All patients from 2004 to 2012

ECMO-only (N = 1,358)

RRT-only (N = 2,937)

ECMO + RRT (N = 500)

Prevalence (N = 49,153)

1358 (2.3 %)

2937 (6.0 %)

500 (1.0 %)

Gender, N (%)

 Male

724 (53.4 %)

1474 (50.2 %)

254 (50.8 %)

 Female

633 (46.6 %)

1463 (49.8 %)

246 (49.2 %)

Mortality, N (%)

649 (47.8 %)

948 (32.3 %)

290 (58.0 %)

Age group at admission

1.1 (0.2–6.7)

9.6 (2.6–14.8)

3.9 (0.4–12.8)

Median (25 %–75 %)

Total hospitalization, days

34 (17–69)

33 (17–62)

36 (16–60)

Median (25 %–75 %)

ICU, days

24 (12–49)

16 (6–32)

27 (12–46)

Median (25 %–75 %)

  1. ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, RRT Renal replacement therapy, ICU intensive care unit