TY - JOUR SN - 0160-564X AV - public JF - ARTIFICIAL ORGANS IS - 11 EP - 1365 UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14818 N2 - 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. VL - 48 N1 - Journal Article; Observational Study; Multicenter Study ID - publicatio34984 SP - 1355 TI - Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support : A cohort of cannulation in the general ward A1 - Bari Gábor A1 - Mariani Silvia A1 - van Bussel Bas C T A1 - Ravaux Justine A1 - Di Mauro Michele A1 - Schaefer Anne A1 - Khalil Jawad A1 - Pozzi Matteo A1 - Botta Luca A1 - Pacini Davide A1 - Boeken Udo A1 - Samalavicius Robertas A1 - Bounader Karl A1 - Hou Xiaotong A1 - Bunge Jeroen J H A1 - Buscher Hergen A1 - Salazar Leonardo A1 - Meyns Bart A1 - Mazeffi Michael A1 - Matteucci Sacha A1 - Sponga Sandro A1 - MacLaren Graeme A1 - Russo Claudio A1 - Formica Francesco A1 - Sakiyalak Pranya A1 - Fiore Antonio A1 - Camboni Daniele A1 - Raffa Giuseppe Maria A1 - Diaz Rodrigo A1 - Wang I-Wen A1 - Kollaborációs szervezet: PELS Investigators Y1 - 2024/// ER -