Table 1 Patient characteristics for drowned patients receiving ECMO

Total

60

177

Female

13

21.67

47

26.55

0.4518

V-V ECMO

43

71.67

71

40.11

 < 0.0001

V-A ECMO

17

28.33

106

59.89

 < 0.0001

Age [yr]

16.50

29.00

39.00

14.00

29.00

50.00

0.6008

Hospital stay [d]

16.30

24.82

31.88

0.26

0.86

3.07

 < 0.0001

Elixhauser score

5.00

9.00

14.50

5.00

11.00

16.00

0.3572

Comorbidites

 Congestive heart failure

10

16.67

25

14.12

0.6314

 Hypertension

8

13.33

7

3.95

0.0099

 Chronic pulmonary disease

*

*

*

*

0.0183

 Diabetes

*

*

*

*

*

 Renal failure

4

6.67

5

2.82

0.1785

 Obesity

*

*

*

*

*

 Liver disease

6

10.00

33

18.64

 < 0.0001

 Drug abuse

*

*

*

*

*

Complications

 Intracranial Bleeding

*

*

*

*

0.6216

 Stroke

5

8.33

5

2.82

0.0666

 Pulmonary embolism

*

*

*

*

*

 Arterial embolism and/or thrombosis

*

*

*

*

0.6474

 Myocardial infarction

0

0.00

3

1.69

0.3102

 CPR prior to admission

7

11.67

42

23.73

0.0462

 In-hospital CPR

13

21.67

108

61.02

 < 0.0001

 Dialysis

19

31.67

41

23.16

0.1905