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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