ArticleIntensive care medicine2024
Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in immunocompromised patients with cardiogenic shock: a cohort study and propensity-weighted analysis.
Article in Intensive care medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Integrating bibliometric analysis and external validation of the SAVE score in VA-ECMO for refractory cardiogenic shock: insights from global trends and the MIMIC-IV database.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Cardiogenic Shock Management in the Modern Era: A Narrative Review of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- Association Between Cerebral Microbleeds and Neurological Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Critical insights into venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation outcomes in immunocompromised patients: addressing uncertainties in cause of death and treatment strategies.Intensive care medicine · 2024Article
- Lactate metabolism and lactylation in cardiovascular disease: novel mechanisms and therapeutic targets.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe outcomes of immunocompromised patients with cardiogenic shock treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) are seldom documented, making ECMO candidacy decisions challenging. This study aims (1) to report outcomes of immunocompromised patients treated with VA-ECMO, (2) to identify pre-ECMO predictors of 90-day mortality, (3) to assess the impact of immunodepression on 90-day mortality, and (4) to describe the main ECMO-related complications.
methodsThis is a retrospective, propensity-weighted study conducted in two French experienced ECMO centers.
resultsFrom January 2006 to January 2022, 177 critically ill immunocompromised patients (median (interquartile range, IQR) age 49 (32-60) years) received VA-ECMO. The main causes of immunosuppression were long-term corticosteroids/immunosuppressant treatment (29%), hematological malignancy (26%), solid organ transplant (20%), and solid tumor (13%). Overall 90-day and 1-year mortality were 70% (95% confidence interval (CI) 63-77%) and 75% (95% CI 65-79%), respectively. Older age and higher pre-ECMO lactate were independently associated with 90-day mortality. Across immunodepression causes, 1-year mortality ranged from 58% for patients with infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or asplenia, to 89% for solid organ transplant recipients. Hemorrhagic and infectious complications affected 39% and 54% of patients, while more than half the stay in intensive care unit (ICU) was spent on antibiotics. In a propensity score-weighted model comparing the 177 patients with 942 non-immunocompromised patients experiencing cardiogenic shock on VA-ECMO, immunocompromised status was independently associated with a higher 90-day mortality (odds ratio 2.53, 95% CI 1.72-3.79).
conclusionImmunocompromised patients undergoing VA-ECMO treatment face an unfavorable prognosis, with higher 90-day mortality compared to non-immunocompromised patients. This underscores the necessity for thorough evaluation and careful selection of ECMO candidates within this frail population.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.