%0 Journal Article %@ 0160-564X %A Bari Gábor %A Mariani Silvia %A van Bussel Bas C T %A Ravaux Justine %A Di Mauro Michele %A Schaefer Anne %A Khalil Jawad %A Pozzi Matteo %A Botta Luca %A Pacini Davide %A Boeken Udo %A Samalavicius Robertas %A Bounader Karl %A Hou Xiaotong %A Bunge Jeroen J H %A Buscher Hergen %A Salazar Leonardo %A Meyns Bart %A Mazeffi Michael %A Matteucci Sacha %A Sponga Sandro %A MacLaren Graeme %A Russo Claudio %A Formica Francesco %A Sakiyalak Pranya %A Fiore Antonio %A Camboni Daniele %A Raffa Giuseppe Maria %A Diaz Rodrigo %A Wang I-Wen %A Kollaborációs szervezet: PELS Investigators %A II. sz. Belgyógyászati Klinika és Kardiológiai Központ SZTE / SZAOK / BK II.BelKKK [2000-], %D 2024 %F publicatio:34984 %J ARTIFICIAL ORGANS %N 11 %P 1355-1365 %T Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support : A cohort of cannulation in the general ward %U http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/34984/ %V 48 %X Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support (ECLS) cannulation might occur in a general post-operative ward due to emergent conditions. Its characteristics have been poorly reported and investigated This study investigates the characteristics and outcomes of adult patients receiving ECLS cannulation in a general post-operative cardiac ward.The Post-cardiotomy Extracorporeal Life Support (PELS) is a retrospective (2000-2020), multicenter (34 centers), observational study including adult patients who required ECLS for post-cardiotomy shock. This PELS sub-analysis analyzed patients´ characteristics, in-hospital outcomes, and long-term survival in patients cannulated for veno-arterial ECLS in the general ward, and further compared in-hospital survivors and non-survivors.The PELS study included 2058 patients of whom 39 (1.9%) were cannulated in the general ward. Most patients underwent isolated coronary bypass grafting (CABG, n = 15, 38.5%) or isolated non-CABG operations (n = 20, 51.3%). The main indications to initiate ECLS included cardiac arrest (n = 17, 44.7%) and cardiogenic shock (n = 14, 35.9%). ECLS cannulation occurred after a median time of 4 (2-7) days post-operatively. Most patients' courses were complicated by acute kidney injury (n = 23, 59%), arrhythmias (n = 19, 48.7%), and postoperative bleeding (n = 20, 51.3%). In-hospital mortality was 84.6% (n = 33) with persistent heart failure (n = 11, 28.2%) as the most common cause of death. No peculiar differences were observed between in-hospital survivors and nonsurvivors.This study demonstrates that ECLS cannulation due to post-cardiotomy emergent adverse events in the general ward is rare, mainly occurring in preoperative low-risk patients and after a postoperative cardiac arrest. High complication rates and low in-hospital survival require further investigations to identify patients at risk for such a complication, optimize resources, enhance intervention, and improve outcomes. %Z Journal Article; Observational Study; Multicenter Study