The following data were collected from the hospital chart and analyzed: age, sex, body weight, body mass index, etiologies of ARDS, underlying diseases, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and lung injury score on the day of ICU admission.
Arterial blood gas, ARDS duration before ECMO, ventilator settings included tidal volume, respiratory rate, PEEP, peak inspiratory pressure, dynamic driving pressure (the difference between peak inspiratory pressure and PEEP) and FiO2 were recorded before ECMO initiation. After ECMO support, daily arterial blood gas, ventilator settings, ECMO settings (gas flow, blood flow and FiO2) and ECMO complications (oxygenator failure, blood clots in oxygenator or circuit, bleeding, infection or others) were recorded until ICU discharge.
Arterial blood gas, ARDS duration before ECMO, ventilator settings included tidal volume, respiratory rate, PEEP, peak inspiratory pressure, dynamic driving pressure (the difference between peak inspiratory pressure and PEEP) and FiO2 were recorded before ECMO initiation. After ECMO support, daily arterial blood gas, ventilator settings, ECMO settings (gas flow, blood flow and FiO2) and ECMO complications (oxygenator failure, blood clots in oxygenator or circuit, bleeding, infection or others) were recorded until ICU discharge.
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