Table 2 Reported contra-indications for ECPR per study
Authors | CPR duration in minutes | Non-witnessed arrest | Severe comorbidity precluding ICU treatment | Advanced age (years) | Terminal cancer | Advanced CAD/heart failure | Non pre-selected patient categories* | Previous severe or irreversible brain damage | Liver cirrhosis | Renal failure | Uncontrollable sepsis | Uncontrollable bleeding/trauma | Irreversible (multi) organ failure | Arrest of septic origin | Coagulation disorder | BMI > 40 | Weight < 30 kg | Aortic dissection | Extensive peripheral artery disease | Bedridden, care-dependant | At the discretion of the CPR team |
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Avalli et al. | < 30 | > 75 | x | X | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||
Bednarcyzk et al | < 15 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Blumenstein et al. | x | x | x | X | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||
Chen et al. | < 10 | x | > 75 | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||
Dennis et al. | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ellouze et al. | < 30 | x | > 75 | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
Fagnoul et al. | < 10 | x | x | > 65 | x | X | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Lazzeri et al. | < 30 | > 75 | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||||
Liu et al. | < 10 | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
Jung et al. | > 74 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||
Lee et al. | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lin et al. | x | x | X | x | x | ||||||||||||||||
Mazzeffi et al. | < 10 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||
Peigh et al. | > 70 | x | X | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
Pozzi et al. | < 20 | x | x | X | x | x | |||||||||||||||
Shin et al. | > 80 | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||||||
Spangenberg et al. | < 20 | x | |||||||||||||||||||
Stub et al. | > 65 | x | x | x | x | X | |||||||||||||||
Wang et al. | < 10 | x | x | > 80 | x | x | x | x | x |