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The use of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as a treatment for severe cardiovascular impairment due to poisoning is unclear. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective cohort analysis to compare survival among critically ill poisoned patients treated with or without ECLS.

All consecutive patients admitted into 2 university hospitals in northwestern France over the past decade for persistent cardiac arrest or severe shock following poisoning due to drug intoxication were included. ECLS was preferentially performed in 1 of the 2 centers.

Sixty-two patients (39 women, 23 men; mean age 48±17 years) fulfilled inclusion criteria: 10 with persistent cardiac arrest and 42 with severe shock. Fourteen patients were treated with ECLS and 48 patients with conventional therapies. All subjects received vasopressor and fluid loading. Patients treated with or without ECLS at ICU admission had …