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Table 4 Demographic data, the patient characteristics and ECMO data of 3 included studies with COVID-19 outbreak (2019–2020)

From: ECMO use in COVID-19: lessons from past respiratory virus outbreaks—a narrative review

First author

Published date/country

Study design

Study population

ECMO pts./total pts.

Age of ECMO pts. (years)

PaO2/FIO2a (mmHg)

MV durationa (day)

ECMO duration (days)

Discharged Aliveb, n (%)

Huang C [27]

January 24, 2020/Wuhan, China

Prospective/single centre

Ward and ICU

2 /41

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Chen N [53]

January 30, 2020/Wuhan, China

Retrospective/single centre

Ward and ICU

3/99

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Wang D [28]

February 07, 2020/Wuhan, China

Retrospective/single centre

Ward and ICU

4 /138

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Yang X [29]

February 21, 2020/Wuhan, China

Retrospective/single centre

ICU

6 /52

NA

NA

NA

NA

1 (16.7%)

Guan W [54]

February 28, 2020/China

Prospective/multicentre

Ward and ICU

5/1099

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Zhou F [30]

March 9, 2020/Wuhan, China

Retrospective/multicentre

Ward and ICU

3/191

NA

NA

NA

NA

0/3 (0%)

Li X [55]

March 30, 2020/Shanghai, China

Retrospective/multicentre

ICU

8/16

64.3 ± 17.6

66.1 ± 7.8

9.7 ± 5.7

27.1 ± 17.7

3/7f

Chen R [56]

April 11, 2020/China

Retrospective/multicentre

Ward and ICU 575 hospitals

171/1590

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

ELSO registry [57]

April 22, 2020/ELSO centres

ECMO

487

49 (41–56)

75 (62–100)c

90 (34–135)

190 (118–280)d

36/90 (40%)e

EuroELSO survey [58]

April 18, 2020/19 countries

ECMO

820

52.4

NA

NA

NA

NAf

  1. Mean ± SD or median (range)
  2. ICU intensive care unit admission, MV mechanical ventilation, NA not applicable, pts. patients
  3. aData before ECMO support
  4. bDischarged alive of patients who underwent ECMO support
  5. cFor 332 cases with data available among total 487 cases
  6. dFor 200 cases that have completed their ECMO run
  7. eFor only 109 cases those cases discharged alive/dead
  8. f423 cases: ongoing, 217 cases: weaned, 189 cases: withdrawal for death