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Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of nosocomial infection in adult patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ali Ait HssainAmir Vahedian-AzimiAbdulsalam Saif IbrahimIbrahim Fawzy HassanElie AzoulayMichaël Darmon
Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2024)
Results showed that 16% and 20% lower of ECMO survival and overall survival in patients with NI than patients without NI, respectively. However, NI increased the risk of in-hospital mortality by 37% in infected patients compared with non-infected patients. In addition, this study identified the significant positive correlation between ECMO duration and ECMO-related NI.
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