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The study aimed to investigate the risk factors and neurological outcomes in comatose patients receiving ECMO support.

Investigation of NeurologicalOutcomes in CriticallyIll Patients Under Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Treatment: Retrospective Observational Study

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The study aimed to investigate the risk factors and neurological outcomes in comatose patients receiving ECMO support.
Retrospective analysis of 189 patients from a cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit.
Focus on neurological complications during follow-up for patients on VA-ECMO.
Data collection spanned from January 2019 to January 2024.
16.4% of patients developed neurological complications, including 64.5% with hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy.
73.7% mortality rate was observed in patients with hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy.
Two independent predictors of mortality identified through multivariable logistic regression were based on Glasgow Coma Scale score.

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Retrospective analysis identifies neurological complications and mortality predictors in comatose patients undergoing VA-ECMO.

Kınal et al. (2026) studied this question.

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