Patients with obesity receiving ECMO for ARDS had lower mortality rates in ICU compared to non obese patients
Written By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2023-08-31 14:30 GMT | Update On 2023-09-01 06:22 GMT
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USA: A recent retrospective study has found that patients with obesity who receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) had lower mortality rates in the intensive care unit (ICU) compared to patients without obesity. The study, named ECMObesity, sheds light on the potential protective effect of obesity on ICU outcomes in patients undergoing ECMO for ARDS. The study's findings were published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
The ECMObesity study, led by Dr. Darya Rudym and her team from New York University Langone Health, included nearly 800 patients who received ECMO for ARDS. The following key findings were reported:
- Among the patients who received ECMO for ARDS, 24.1% of those with obesity died, compared to 35.3% of those without obesity.
- In adjusted models, obesity was associated with a lower ICU mortality (odds ratio [OR] 0.63).
- Higher body mass index (BMI) was linked to decreased ICU mortality in multivariable regression (OR 0.97).
- When matching patients with obesity to those without, patients with obesity had a lower probability of ICU death (22.6% vs 35.2%).
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