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Table 2 Neurologic complications according to the cannulation strategy, before weighing using a propensity score

From: Neurological complications during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Does the configuration matter? A retrospective analysis of the ELSO database

Variable DL SL OR Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI p value
N = 2467 N = 4367
Patients with CNS Complications 189 (7.7%) 306 (7.2%) 1.10 0.91 1.32 0.33
ICH 99 (4.0%) 161 (3.8%) 1.09 0.84 1.41 0.51
AIS 42 (1.7%) 73 (1.7%) 1.01 0.69 1.49 0.92
Seizures 33 (1.3%) 52 (1.2%) 1.10 0.72 1.67 0.66
Brain death 44 (1.8%) 76 (1.8%) 1.02 0.71 1.48 0.92
  1. DL double lumen cannula, SL single-lumen cannula, OR odds ratio, CI confidence intervals, ICH intracranial hemorrhage, AIS acute ischemic stroke, CNS central nervous system