Respiratory failure & ventilation
Functional recovery in a cohort of ECMO and non-ECMO acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors
Authors' conclusion
There were no significant differences in the FVC% predicted, or other markers of pulmonary, neurocognitive, or psychiatric functional recovery outcomes, when comparing a contemporaneous clinic-based cohort of survivors of ARDS managed with ECMO to those without ECMO.
Study context
- Population
- ARDS survivors who presented to follow-up clinic
- Participants
- 110 survivors
- Exposure
- ECMO vs non-ECMO management
- ECMOn = 34
- Outcome
- FVC% predicted
Methodological detailsmulticentre, Univariate and multivariate regression models
- Multicentre
- Univariate and multivariate regression models
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- No significant difference in FVC% predicted between ECMO and non-ECMO
- ECMO did not predict changes in lung function adjusting for age, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), COVID-19 status or LOS
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Hospital LOS
P < 0.01
ICU stay
P < 0.01
Duration of mechanical ventilation
P < 0.01
Other pulmonary, neurocognitive and psychiatric functional outcomes
- Similar in ECMO and non-ECMO
Original publication
Functional recovery in a cohort of ECMO and non-ECMO acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors. Crit Care. Published 14 November 2023. doi:10.
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