Why the study?
Survival to hospital discharge for patients on venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) needed evaluation when stratified by age.
Does older age reduce survival to hospital discharge in adult patients treated with VV ECMO for respiratory failure?
Does older age reduce survival to hospital discharge in adult patients treated with VV ECMO for respiratory failure?
In patients treated with VV ECMO for respiratory failure, age is an independent predictor of survival to hospital discharge, with mortality increasing incrementally starting at age 45 and survival being particularly poor in those 65 and older.
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Age >45 may warrant caution in VV ECMO selection; leaves open need for prospective validation of age cutoffs.
Deatrick et al. (2019) studied this question.
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