Patient Safety during ECMO Transportation: Single Center Experience and Literature Review

Table 2

List of included studies. General information, reported transfers, vehicle type, incidents and deaths, distance, and ECMO team persons.

Author	Year of publication	Center	Reported period	No. of transfers	Transfers (month)	Transfer types		Vehicle (%)		Incidents (%)	Deaths	Distance (km)		Type of support	No. of ECMO team persons
						Primary	Secondary	Ground	Air			Min	Max
Roch A. et al. [11]	2013	Marseille	48	85	1.8	85	0	100	0	0	0	xx	xx	VV	3
Bryner B. et al. [12]	2014	Michigan	240	221	0.9	221	0	69	30	13	1 (R) 5 (N)	xx	xx	VA, VV	3
Sherren P.B. et al. [13]	2015	London	12	47	3.9	47	0	98.4	1.6	2	1 (N)	3.7	550.3	VV	3
Vaja R. et al. [14]	2015	Leicestershire	60	102	1.7	102	0	77	22	1	0	5.8	1576.8	VA, VV	4
Raspe C. et al. [15]	2015	Halle	36	36	1.0	36	0	33	64	0	0	3.5	115.0	VV	3
Salna M. et al. [16]	2017	NY Presbyterian	105	222	2.1	175	47	98.2	1.8	0	0	3.7	11398.2	VA, VV	6
Uribarri A. [17]	2017	Salamanca	33	9	0.3	2	7	100	0	0	0	126.0	224.0	VA, VV	4
Yeo H. J. et al. [18]	2017	Yangsan	46	18	0.4	18	0	100	0	0	0	26.0	408.0	VA, VV	5
Guenther S.P.W. [19]	2017	Munich	40	40	1.0	40	0	72.5	27.5	0	0	5.6	116.4	VA	2
Cianchi G. et al. [20]	2017	Florence	87	91	1.0	91	0	100	0	0	0	5.0	407.0	VV	4
Mendes P. V. et al. [21]	2017	São Paulo	48	7	0.1	7	0	86	14	xx	xx	0.5	163	VV	4
Blecha S. et al. [22]	2018	Regensburg	20	52	2.6	52	0	67.8	32.2	11.8	0	23.0	105.0	VA, VV	3
MacDonald M.D. et al. [23]	2018	Philadelphia	36	79	2.2	75	4	39	61	1.0	1 (N)	4.8	165.7	VV	4
Heuer J.F. [24]	2018	Bochum	60	75	1.3	75	0	55	45	0	0	24.4	207.6	VV	3
Brechot N. et al. [25]	2018	Paris	48	118	2,5	118	0	100	0	7.6	1 (R)	6	25	VA, VV	2
Austin D. E. et al. [26]	2018	Sydney	108	164	1.5	130	34	58	42	7.3	0	16.0	1908.0	VA, VV	2
Dalia A.A. et al. [27]	2019	Boston	84	51	0.6	0	51	100	0	xx	xx	xx	xx	VA	xx
Ehrentraut S.F. et al. [28]	2019	Bonn	120	126	1.1	126	0	85	15	6.3	4 (N)	7.0	548.0	VA, VV	2
Bonadonna D. et al. [29]	2019	Durham	24	132	5.5	132	0	100	0	0	0	xx	xx	VA, VV	4
Wilhelm M.J. et al. [30]	2019	Zurich	88	58	0.7	49	9	40	60	0	0	3.0	225.0	VA, VV	3
Fletcher-Sandersjoo A. et al. [31]	2019	Karolinska	78	908	11.0	800	108	40.3	59.3	20.0	2 (R)	6.9	13447.0	VA, VV	2
Puslecki M. et al. [32]	2019	Poznan	36	6	0.2	6	0	100	0	xx	0	3.0	200.0	VA, VV	4

VV: venovenous; VA: venoarterial; R: related; N: not related.