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Table 5 Extracorporeal liver support therapy in primary vs. secondary (cardiac surgery) liver failure

From: Extracorporeal liver support: trending epidemiology and mortality - a nationwide database analysis 2007–2015

 

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2007–2015

Overall ELS therapies, n

314

311

390

377

287

270

255

294

388

2886

Mortality (%)

57.32

55.63

46.41

46.42

52.61

55.18

61.18

50.00

44.84

51,49

Primary ALS, n (% of all ELS)

152 (48.41)

156 (50.16)

182 (46.67)

189 (50.13)

132 (45.99)

97 (35.93)

102(40.00)

92 (31.29)

131 (33.76)

1233 (42.72)

Mortality (%)

48,03

42,95

32,42

30,16

36,36

44,33

55,88

42,39

44,27

40,63

Secondary ALS, n (% of all ELS)

115 (36,62)

129 (41,48)

126 (32,31)

139 (36,87)

121 (42,16)

157 (58,15)

140 (54,90)

190 (64,63)

196 (50,52)

1313 (45,50)

Mortality (%)

80,00

75,19

69,84

62,59

77,69

64,97

69,29

54,74

69,90

68,39

  1. Data given as absolute numbers and percentage values of all ELS cases of the respective year. ELS, extracorporeal liver support; n, number. Further differentiation (age, sex) was not permitted in this subgroup analysis due to national data protection laws. For definitions of primary and secondary liver failure see text & Table 2