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Also, there was a high number of patients with septic shock (19.6%) and multiple organ failure (10.9%); and more complications occurred at any time during hospitalization [pneumothorax (5% vs 29.3%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.000), bleeding requiring blood transfusion (7.1% vs 38%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.000), pulmonary embolism (6.4% vs 15.2%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.016), and gastrointestinal bleeding (3.3% vs 8.7%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.017)] in the ECMO group. However, PaO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> was significantly higher in the 72-h post-ECMO initiation group and PCO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> was significantly lower in the 72-h post-ECMO start group than those in the 12-h pre-ECMO group (62.9 vs. 70\u00a0mmHg, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002 and 61.8 vs. 51\u00a0mmHg, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.042, respectively).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Following the use of ECMO, the mortality rate of patients and length of ICU and hospital stay were not improved. However, these findings need to be carefully interpreted, as most of our cohort patients were relatively old and had multiple severe comorbidities. 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