Review and Outcome of Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Table 3

Use of adjunct therapy.

ECMO
Patients in whom ECMO was used without	15
a pulse,
Duration of ECMO without pulse
Mean in minutes (SD)	3929 ± 5738
Median (range)	55 (3 minutes–11 days)
Total duration of ECMO usage (days)
Mean (SD)	4.5 ± 3.9
Median (range)	3.5 (1–11)
Thrombolysis, (%)	13 (15.8)
Thrombolysis for pulmonary emboli	9
Thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction	3
Thrombolysis for refractory arrhythmia	1
Stent placement, (%)	9 (11)
Stent placement during cardiac arrest	1
Stent placement after ROSC	8
Rewarming in the 17 patients with hypothermia,	16
Hypothermia after ROSC,	13
Open cardiac massage, (%)	3 (3.6)
Cardiac pacing, (%)	8 (9.7)
Amputation of ischemic leg, (%)	1 (1.2)

ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
ROSC: return of spontaneous circulation.