Description

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), is an extracorporeal technique of providing effective cardiac and respiratory support to patients with lungs and/or heart failure. There was a growth in ECLS cases, centers, and center scale in China during the past decade.

The objectives were to investigate China statistics of ECLS and to evaluate the short-term and long-term outcomes of patients with ECLS.

This multi-center registry was conducted by Chinese Society of Extracorporeal Life Support. Data were submitted by the following member institutions:

AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANTONE UNIVERSITY, AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, ANHUI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL, BEIJING ANZHEN HOSPITAL, CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, BEIJING CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, BEIJING FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL, CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, BEIJING CHAO-YANG HOSPITAL, CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, CHANGHAI HOSPITAL, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF SHANGHAI JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY, CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL, DALIAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL, DONGGUAN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL, FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, FUJIAN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL, FUZHOU PULMONARY HOSPITAL OF FUJIAN, GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLES HOSPITAL, HAINAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, HENAN PROVINCIAL CHEST HOSPITAL, HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLES HOSPITAL, NINGBO FIRST HOSPITAL (NINGBO HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL, PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL, SHANXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL, SHENGJING HOSPITAL OF CHINAMESICAL UNIVERSITY, SHUNDE HOSPITAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, SUZHOU MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, TAIZHOU HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, THE 2ND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, THE AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY, THE AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF QINGDAO UNIVERSITY, THE AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY, THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XIAMEN UNIVERSITY, THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL WITH NANJING MEDICAL UNIVESITY, THE FIRST HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO AMU (SOUTHWEST HOSPITAL), THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF LANZHOU UNIVERSITY, THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, THE FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL OF YUEYANG, THE NORTHERN JIANGSU PEOPLES HOSPITAL, THE PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION, THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY, THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY, THE SECOND XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, THE SIXTH MEDICAL CENTER OF PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE THIND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, WEST CHINA HOSPITAL，SICHUAN UNIVERSITY, WUHAN ASIA HEART HOSPITAL, WUHAN JINYINTAN HOSPITAL, WUHAN UNION HOSPITAL, XIANGYIA HOSPITAL CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, XIJING HOSPITAL, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL, ZHON GNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY, ZHONGDA HOSPITAL SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL