Complications of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Arrest: A Meta-Analysis of 1,866 Adult Patients Richard Cheng, MD, Rory Hachamovitch, MD, Michelle Kittleson, MD, PhD, Jignesh Patel, MD, PhD, Francisco Arabia, MD, Jaime Moriguchi, MD, Fardad Esmailian, MD, Babak Azarbal, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 97, Issue 2, Pages 610-616 (February 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.008 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Pooled estimate rate and 95% confidence interval (%) for complications of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. (AKI = acute kidney injury; LEA = lower extremity amputation; LEF = lower extremity fasciotomy or compartment syndrome; LEI = lower extremity ischemia; Re-Thx = rethoracotomy for bleeding or tamponade; RRT = renal replacement therapy.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 97, 610-616DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.008) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions