Methods
We retrospectively reviewed all adult patients placed on VA-V ECMO, for
any part of the run, at our institution from June 1, 2016 to December
10, 2019. The decision to place patients on ECMO and choice of
configuration was made by our institution’s ECMO team which consists of
intensivists with special training and proficiency in ECMO. Through a
review of the electronic medical records, data describing demographic
features, comorbidities, and ECMO-specific information were reviewed
systematically. Continuous variables were reported as median with
interquartile range and categorical variables were summarized by
frequency of observation. This study was approved by the Wellstar
Research Institute Institutional Review Board (1624214-1).