PaO2/FiO2 Deterioration During Stable Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Associates With Protracted Recovery and Increased Mortality in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Roberto Roncon-Albuquerque, MD, PhD, João Ferreira-Coimbra, MD, Rodrigo Vilares-Morgado, MD, Paulo Figueiredo, MD, José Artur Paiva, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 102, Issue 6, Pages 1878-1885 (December 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.026 Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier cumulative probabilities of survival after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) initiation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Patients with arterial oxygen partial pressure to fractional inspired oxygen (PaO2/FiO2; PF) improvement during the first 7 days of ECMO support (PF-improvement; green line; n = 44) presented higher cumulative survival compared with patients presenting PaO2/FiO2 deterioration (PF-deterioration; blue line; n = 37). The p value was calculated by means of the log-rank test. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 102, 1878-1885DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.026) Copyright © 2016 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions