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To evaluate clinical and treatment factors for patients recorded in the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) registry and survival of adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) respiratory failure patients.

Retrospective case review of the ELSO registry from 1986–2006. Data were analyzed separately for the entire time period and the most recent years (2002–2006).

Of 1,473 patients, 50% survived to discharge. Median age was 34 years. Most patients (78%) were supported with venovenous ECMO. In a multi-variate logistic regression model, pre-ECMO factors including increasing age, decreased weight, days on mechanical ventilation before ECMO, arterial blood pH ≤ 7.18, and Hispanic and Asian race compared to white race were associated with increased …