Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound for Monitoring the Cerebral Hemodynamic Changes and Prognosticating Outcomes in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane-Oxygenated Patients

Table 3

Comparison of clinical data between the survival and death groups.

Variable	Survival group (n = 25)	Death group (n = 41)	Statistics
Cardiac arrest (n %)	7 (28.00)	13 (31, 70)	0.101	0.751
Initial lactate (mmol/L)	11.64 ± 4.65	14.49 ± 5.74	−2.095	0.040
Initial cardiac function
LVEF (%)	21.10 ± 12.72	14.88 ± 7.94	2.199	0.034
LVOT VTI (cm)	6.11 ± 3.29	4.63 ± 2.58	1.914	0.064
MAP (mmHg)	69.88 ± 9.64	66.63 ± 9.08	1.376	0.174
MODS (n %)	5 (20.00)	18 (43.90)	3.908	0.048
Combined CRRT (n %)	11 (44.00)	13 (31.71)	1.014	0.314
VIS	34.44 ± 11.53	38.54 ± 10.94	−1.446	0.153
Initial RMCA flow
No systolic peak (n %)	9 (36.00)	18 (43.90)	0.401	0.526
Vs (cm/s)	57.56 ± 15.63	46.45 ± 14.83	2.894	0.005
Vd (cm/s)	38.87 ± 8.30	34.90 ± 6.96	2.089	0.041
PI (IQR)	0.48 (0.37, 0.55)	0.36 (0.32, 0.42)	−2.459	0.013^a

Note. IQR, interquartile range. ^aMann–Whitney U test was used.