Acute Crit Care.  2023 Aug;38(3):308-314. 10.4266/acc.2023.00115.

Outcomes of patients with COVID-19 requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and continuous renal replacement therapy in the United States

• Palacios CRF
• Hoxhaj R
• Thigpen C
• Jacob J
• Bhatnagar A
• Saberi A

• KMID: 2547024
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4266/acc.2023.00115

Abstract

Background
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Some patients develop severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and kidney failure requiring the combination of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
Methods
Retrospective cohort study of 127 consecutive patients requiring combined ECMO and CRRT support in intensive care units at an ECMO center in Marietta, GA, United States.
Results
Sixty and 67 patients with and without COVID-19, respectively, required ECMO-CRRT support. After adjusting for confounding variables, patients with COVID-19 had increased mortality at 30 days (hazard ratio [HR], 5.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.51–10.7; P<0.001) and 90 days (HR, 6.23; 95% CI, 2.60–14.9; P<0.001).
Conclusions
In this retrospective study, patients with COVID-19 who required ECMO-CRRT had increased mortality when compared to patients without COVID-19.

Keyword

acute kidney injury; COVID-19; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; respiratory failure

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  Figure 1. Flowchart of the study. ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; CRRT: continuous renal replacement therapy.

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