Abstract:Background
The hospital mortality of patients suffering from pulmonary failure requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V‐V ECMO) or extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) is high. It is unclear whether outcome correlates with a hospital's annual procedural volume.
Methods
Data on all V‐V ECMO and ECCO2R cases treated from 2007 to 2019 were retrieved from the German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information. Comorbidities and outcomes were assessed by DRG, OPS, and ICD codes.… Show more
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