The annual ELSO Registry Report for 1995 is presented. Fourteen thousand patients treated with extracorporeal life support are reported, 11,000 are newborn infants with respiratory failure (80% survived). ⋯ In 1993, the number of annual case reached a plateau of approximately 1500-1800 cases per year. The survival rate is gradually improving in pediatric and adult respiratory cases.
University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109-0331, USA.
ASAIO J. 1997 Jan 1; 43 (1): 104-7.
AbstractThe annual ELSO Registry Report for 1995 is presented. Fourteen thousand patients treated with extracorporeal life support are reported, 11,000 are newborn infants with respiratory failure (80% survived). Survival is 53% in pediatric respiratory patients and 46% in adult respiratory patients. In 1993, the number of annual case reached a plateau of approximately 1500-1800 cases per year. The survival rate is gradually improving in pediatric and adult respiratory cases.