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Table 4 Multivariate analysis for in-hospital mortality

From: Characteristics of the pulmonary opacities on chest CT associated with difficulty in short-term liberation from veno-venous ECMO in patients with severe ARDS

Variable

OR (95%CI)

P

Age

1.02 (0.99–1.05)

0.318

Interval MV-ECMO > 7 days

0.48 (0.13–1.71)

0.256

Primary reason for ARDS

  

 Pneumonia

  

  Bacterial

Reference

 

  Influenza

0.09 (0.01–0.78)

0.029

  COVID-19

0.50 (0.15–1.65)

0.254

  Others

1.95 (0.68–5.65)

0.216

 Extra-pulmonary

1.89 (0.40–8.86)

0.417

 Drowning

0.14 (0.01–1.38)

0.092

 Trauma

1.10 (0.12–10.30)

0.933

SOFA at ECMO instauration

1.18 (1.00-1.39)

0.040

Characteristics of opacity

  

 Distribution of opacity

  

  Distribution on dorso-ventral axis, diffuse (ref: focal)

0.52 (0.17–1.63)

0.261

  Distribution on left-right axis, bilateral (ref: unilateral)

1.96 (0.62–6.27)

0.254

 Intensity of opacity

  

  Pure consolidation

Reference

 

  Mixed

1.27 (0.38–4.22)

0.693

  Pure ground-glass

1.08 (0.32–3.68)

0.902

 Degree of fibroproliferation of opacity

  

  Reticular opacity

1.86 (0.64–5.38)

0.255

  Traction bronchiectasis

1.92 (0.71–5.21)

0.200

  1. Abbreviations: MV, mechanical ventilation; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; SOFA score, sequential organ failure assessment score; ref reference