A 266 Patient Experience of a Quaternary Care Referral Center for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with Assessment of Outcomes for Transferred Versus In-House Patients.

Objective: Patients undergoing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) require highly trained specialists and resources to be cared for safely. Interestingly, comparisons of outcomes for patients cannulated for VA-ECMO by outside institutions and transferred to referral centers for further care versus those cannulated and taken care of in house at the referral center have not been reported on a large scale. This study aimed to perform the first comparison of these 2 populations based on the experience of a single quaternary referral center.