Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock due to Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review

Table 5

Most frequent complications associated with the use of ECMO.

Outcome	Number of studies	Number of events
Limb ischaemia	1	3
Encephalopathy	3	32
Ischaemic stroke	1	49
Intracerebral haemorrhage	1	29
Gastrointestinal bleeding	1	63
Acute renal failure	3	410
MOF	3	31
Sepsis	2	6

MOF: multiple organ failure.