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Beil M, van Heerden PV, Joynt GM, Lapinsky S, Flaatten H, Guidet B, de Lange D, Leaver S, Jung C, Forte DN, Bin D, Elhadi M, Szczeklik W, Sviri S. Limiting life-sustaining treatment for very old ICU patients: cultural challenges and diverse practices. Ann Intensive Care 2023; 13:107. [PMID: 37884827 PMCID: PMC10603016 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-023-01189-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Decisions about life-sustaining therapy (LST) in the intensive care unit (ICU) depend on predictions of survival as well as the expected functional capacity and self-perceived quality of life after discharge, especially in very old patients. However, prognostication for individual patients in this cohort is hampered by substantial uncertainty which can lead to a large variability of opinions and, eventually, decisions about LST. Moreover, decision-making processes are often embedded in a framework of ethical and legal recommendations which may vary between countries resulting in divergent management strategies. METHODS Based on a vignette scenario of a multi-morbid 87-year-old patient, this article illustrates the spectrum of opinions about LST among intensivsts with a special interest in very old patients, from ten countries/regions, representing diverse cultures and healthcare systems. RESULTS This survey of expert opinions and national recommendations demonstrates shared principles in the management of very old ICU patients. Some guidelines also acknowledge cultural differences between population groups. Although consensus with families should be sought, shared decision-making is not formally required or practised in all countries. CONCLUSIONS This article shows similarities and differences in the decision-making for LST in very old ICU patients and recommends strategies to deal with prognostic uncertainty. Conflicts should be anticipated in situations where stakeholders have different cultural beliefs. There is a need for more collaborative research and training in this field.
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- Michael Beil
- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Research and Development, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Service MIR, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Ul. Wrocławska 1-3, 30 - 901, Kraków, Poland.
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Mayerhöfer T, Klein S, Wernly B, Flaatten H, Guidet B, De Lange DW, Fjølner J, Leaver S, Beil M, Sviri S, Bruno RR, Artigas A, van Heerden PV, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Moreno R, Cecconi M, Szczeklik W, Jung C, Joannidis M. Diabetes mellitus is associated with 90-day mortality in old critically ill COVID-19 patients: a multicenter prospective observational cohort study. Infection 2023; 51:1407-1415. [PMID: 36854893 PMCID: PMC9974396 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-023-02001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have found an association between diabetes mellitus, disease severity and outcome in COVID-19 patients. Old critically ill patients are particularly at risk. This study aimed to investigate the impact of diabetes mellitus on 90-day mortality in a high-risk cohort of critically ill patients over 70 years of age. METHODS This multicentre international prospective cohort study was performed in 151 ICUs across 26 countries. We included patients ≥ 70 years of age with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to the intensive care unit from 19th March 2020 through 15th July 2021. Patients were categorized into two groups according to the presence of diabetes mellitus. Primary outcome was 90-day mortality. Kaplan-Meier overall survival curves until day 90 were analysed and compared using the log-rank test. Mixed-effect Weibull regression models were computed to investigate the influence of diabetes mellitus on 90-day mortality. RESULTS This study included 3420 patients with a median age of 76 years were included. Among these, 37.3% (n = 1277) had a history of diabetes mellitus. Patients with diabetes showed higher rates of frailty (32% vs. 18%) and several comorbidities including chronic heart failure (20% vs. 11%), hypertension (79% vs. 59%) and chronic kidney disease (25% vs. 11%), but not of pulmonary comorbidities (22% vs. 22%). The 90-day mortality was significantly higher in patients with diabetes than those without diabetes (64% vs. 56%, p < 0.001). The association of diabetes and 90-day mortality remained significant (HR 1.18 [1.06-1.31], p = 0.003) after adjustment for age, sex, SOFA-score and other comorbidities in a Weibull regression analysis. CONCLUSION Diabetes mellitus was a relevant risk factor for 90-day mortality in old critically ill patients with COVID-19. STUDY REGISTRATION NCT04321265, registered March 19th, 2020.
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- Timo Mayerhöfer
- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Oberndorf, Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Oberndorf, Salzburg, Austria
- Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: Epidémiologie Hospitalière Qualité et Organisation des Soins, 75012, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- Department of Critical Care, St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Intensive Intensive Care Medicine Department Corporacion Sanitària Parc Tauli CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias Institut de Investigacio e Innovació I3PT, Autonomous University of Barcelona Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa (Nova Médical School), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Rozzano, MI, Italy
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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van Heerden PV, Abutbul A, Naama A, Maayan S, Makram N, Nachshon A, abu Jabal K, Hershkovitz O, Binder L, Shabat Y, Reicher B, Mevorach D. Apoptotic cells for treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with COVID-19. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1242551. [PMID: 37600829 PMCID: PMC10433372 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1242551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Background Hyper-inflammatory immune response, a hallmark of severe COVID-19, is associated with increased mortality. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common manifestation. We undertook two phase I/II studies in five and then 16 subjects with severe/critical COVID-19 to assess the safety and preliminary efficacy of apoptotic cells (Allocetra™-OTS, Enlivex Therapeutics), a cellular immunomodulatory therapy that reprograms macrophages to reduce hyper-inflammatory response severity. Methods Eligible patients presenting to the Emergency Room with severe COVID-19 and respiratory dysfunction received one intravenous administration of Allocetra™-OTS and were monitored for adverse events (AEs) for 28 days. The primary aim was to determine the safety profile of treatment; secondary aims were recovery from ARDS, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length-of-stay, and mortality. Immune modulator markers were measured to elucidate the mechanism of action of Allocetra™-OTS. Results 21 patients with severe-critical COVID-19 of Gamma, Alpha and Delta variants, were treated with a single dose of apoptotic cells. 19/21 patients had mild-to-severe ARDS at presentation. Median age was 53 years, 16/21 were males, 16/21 were overweight/obese. No serious related adverse events (SAEs) were reported. All 21 study subjects survived to day 28 (end of study); 19/21 recovered completely. Comparable mortality rates at the hospital were 3.8%-8.9% for age- and gender-matched patients, and 39%-55% for critical patients. Recovering patients exhibited rapid ARDS resolution and parallel resolution of inflammation markers and elevated cytokines/chemokines. Conclusion In patients with severe/critical COVID-19 associated with ARDS, Allocetra™-OTS was safe, well-tolerated, and showed promising results for resolution of respiratory failure and inflammation. Trial registration https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT04513470, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT04590053, Identifiers NCT04513470, NCT04590053.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Infectious Diseases Division, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
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- Infectious Diseases Division, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Ziv Medical Center and Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel
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- Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd., Ness Ziona, Israel
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- Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd., Ness Ziona, Israel
- Department of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- The Institute of Rheumatology-Immunology-Rheumatology, The Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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Wolff G, Wernly B, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Bruno RR, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Kelm M, Binneboessel S, Baldia P, Beil M, Sivri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Flamm M, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Leaver S, Jung C. In reply: Sex-specific outcomes in COVID-19: missing pieces of the puzzle. Can J Anaesth 2023; 70:1110-1112. [PMID: 37165131 PMCID: PMC10171910 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02470-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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- Georg Wolff
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Lisbon, Portugal
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- UPMC Univ Paris, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, service de réanimation médicale, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- UPMC Univ Paris, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, service de réanimation médicale, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- General Intensive Care, St George´s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Mousai O, Tafoureau L, Yovell T, Flaatten H, Guidet B, Beil M, de Lange D, Leaver S, Szczeklik W, Fjolner J, Nachshon A, van Heerden PV, Joskowicz L, Jung C, Hyams G, Sviri S. The role of clinical phenotypes in decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment for very old patients in the ICU. Ann Intensive Care 2023; 13:40. [PMID: 37162595 PMCID: PMC10170430 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-023-01136-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Limiting life-sustaining treatment (LST) in the intensive care unit (ICU) by withholding or withdrawing interventional therapies is considered appropriate if there is no expectation of beneficial outcome. Prognostication for very old patients is challenging due to the substantial biological and functional heterogeneity in that group. We have previously identified seven phenotypes in that cohort with distinct patterns of acute and geriatric characteristics. This study investigates the relationship between these phenotypes and decisions to limit LST in the ICU. METHODS This study is a post hoc analysis of the prospective observational VIP2 study in patients aged 80 years or older admitted to ICUs in 22 countries. The VIP2 study documented demographic, acute and geriatric characteristics as well as organ support and decisions to limit LST in the ICU. Phenotypes were identified by clustering analysis of admission characteristics. Patients who were assigned to one of seven phenotypes (n = 1268) were analysed with regard to limitations of LST. RESULTS The incidence of decisions to withhold or withdraw LST was 26.5% and 8.1%, respectively. The two phenotypes describing patients with prominent geriatric features and a phenotype representing the oldest old patients with low severity of the critical condition had the largest odds for withholding decisions. The discriminatory performance of logistic regression models in predicting limitations of LST after admission to the ICU was the best after combining phenotype, ventilatory support and country as independent variables. CONCLUSIONS Clinical phenotypes on ICU admission predict limitations of LST in the context of cultural norms (country). These findings can guide further research into biases and preferences involved in the decision-making about LST. Trial registration Clinical Trials NCT03370692 registered on 12 December 2017.
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- Oded Mousai
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, service MIR, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Romain M, Beil M, Mormol J, Stav I, Liberman T, van Heerden PV, Sviri S. Prognostication in Very Old Intensive Care Patients with Acute Kidney Injury. Isr Med Assoc J 2023; 25:272-277. [PMID: 37129126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality during critical illness especially in very old patients admitted to intensive care units. OBJECTIVES To identify prognostic markers for AKI patients. METHODS This single-center retrospective study was based on a patient registry of a medical intensive care unit. Hospital records of patients aged 80 years or older admitted between 2005 and 2015 were examined. Patients who developed AKI according to Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines within 4 days of admission were included in this study. RESULTS The study comprised 96 patients with AKI and 81 age- and sex-matched controls without AKI. Mean acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) II score was 30 with an ICU mortality of 27% in very old patients with AKI. The odds ratio of hospital mortality for these patients was 5.02 compared to controls (49% vs. 16%). APACHE II score and fluid balance in the first 2 days of ICU admission were the strongest predictors of ICU mortality with an area under the receiver operating characteristic of 0.76. Of the 47 patients with AKI who survived hospital admission, 30 were discharged home. CONCLUSIONS Mortality was increased in very old ICU patients with AKI. Among survivors, two-thirds returned home.
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- Marc Romain
- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Organization and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Dennis D, Vernon van Heerden P, Knott C, Khanna R. The nature and sources of the emotional distress felt by intensivists and the burdens that are carried: A qualitative study. Aust Crit Care 2023; 36:52-58. [PMID: 34972619 DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Work in intensive care units is often traumatic and emotionally distressing, sometimes leading to growth but at other times to negative outcomes such as worker burnout and mental illness. The type and origin of distresses to intensivists has been poorly characterised in the literature. This evidence gap makes it difficult to develop tailored educational process or cultural interventions for all who work within the specialty. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to elicit the nature and sources of workplace emotional distress in an international sample of intensivists. METHOD Interviews were undertaken with experienced intensivists in Australia and Israel related to the basis of workplace distress. These were transcribed and qualitatively thematically analysed. RESULTS In 2018, 19 intensivists participated in the study. Several key themes emerged from data analysis, some relating to clinical work, such as catastrophic patient outcomes, and some relating to interpersonal and systems-level challenges. Navigating complex interpersonal dynamics with carers and staff, both within and outside the intensive care unit team, caused substantial emotional burden. CONCLUSIONS Many factors contribute to workplace stress for doctors in the intensive care setting. In elucidating common reactions to these stressors, we have attempted to normalise responses. We further note that the skill sets relevant to the many challenges identified are generally missing in medical training curricula. It may be prudent to consider their inclusion in the future.
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- Diane Dennis
- Department of Intensive Care and Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia; Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 6102, Australia.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91120001, Israel.
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- Department of Intensive Care, Bendigo Health, Bendigo, Victoria 3550, Australia; Monash Rural Health Bendigo, Monash University, Victoria 3552, Australia; Rural Clinical School, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia; Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Phoenix Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia; Division of Mental Health, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria 3084, Australia.
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Baldia PH, Wernly B, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Kelm M, Beil M, Bruno RR, Binnebößel S, Wolff G, Erkens R, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Leaver S, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Jung C, Joannidis M, Mesotten D, Reper P, Swinnen W, Serck N, DEWAELE ELISABETH, Brix H, Brushoej J, Kumar P, Nedergaard HK, Balleby IR, Bundesen C, Hansen MA, Uhrenholt S, Bundgaard H, Innes R, Gooch J, Cagova L, Potter E, Reay M, Davey M, Abusayed MA, Humphreys S, Galbois A, Charron C, Berlemont CH, Besch G, Rigaud JP, Maizel J, Djibré M, Burtin P, Garcon P, Nseir S, Valette X, Alexandru N, Marin N, Vaissiere M, PLANTEFEVE G, Vanderlinden T, Jurcisin I, Megarbane B, Chousterman BG, Dépret F, Garnier M, Besset S, Oziel J, Ferre A, Dauger S, Dumas G, Goncalves B, Vettoretti L, Thevenin D, Schaller S, Schaller S, Kurt M, Faltlhauser A, Schaller S, Milovanovic M, Lutz M, Shala G, Haake H, Randerath W, Kunstein A, Meybohm P, Schaller S, Steiner S, Barth E, Poerner T, Simon P, Lorenz M, Dindane Z, Kuhn KF, Welte M, Voigt I, Kabitz HJ, Wollborn J, Goebel U, Stoll SE, Kindgen-Milles D, Dubler S, Jung C, Fuest K, Schuster M, Papadogoulas A, Mulita F, Rovina N, Aidoni Z, CHRISANTHOPOULOU EVANGELIA, KONDILI EUMORFIA, Andrianopoulos I, Groenendijk M, Evers M, Evers M, van Lelyveld-Haas L, Meynaar I, Cornet AD, Zegers M, Dieperink W, de Lange D, Dormans T, Hahn M, Sjøbøe B, Strietzel HF, Olasveengen T, Romundstad L, Kluzik A, Zatorski P, Drygalski T, Klimkiewicz J, Solek-pastuszka J, Onichimowski D, Czuczwar M, Gawda R, Stefaniak J, Stefanska-Wronka K, Zabul E, Oliveira AIP, Assis R, de Lurdes Campos Santos M, Santos H, Cardoso FS, Gordinho A, Banzo MJA, Zalba-Etayo B, CUBERO PATRICIAJIMENO, Priego J, Gomà G, Tomasa-Irriguible TM, Sancho S, Ferreira AF, Vázquez EM, Mira ÁP, Ibarz M, Iglesias D, Arias-Rivera S, Frutos-Vivar F, Lopez-Cuenca S, Aldecoa C, Perez-Torres D, Canas-Perez I, Tamayo-Lomas L, Diaz-Rodriguez C, de Gopegui PR, Ben-Hamouda N, Roberti A, Fleury Y, Abidi N, Dullenkopf A, Pugh R, Smuts S. The association of prior paracetamol intake with outcome of very old intensive care patients with COVID-19: results from an international prospective multicentre trial. BMC Geriatr 2022; 22:1000. [PMID: 36575394 PMCID: PMC9794407 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03709-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the early COVID-19 pandemic concerns about the correct choice of analgesics in patients with COVID-19 were raised. Little data was available on potential usefulness or harmfulness of prescription free analgesics, such as paracetamol. This international multicentre study addresses that lack of evidence regarding the usefulness or potential harm of paracetamol intake prior to ICU admission in a setting of COVID-19 disease within a large, prospectively enrolled cohort of critically ill and frail intensive care unit (ICU) patients. METHODS This prospective international observation study (The COVIP study) recruited ICU patients ≥ 70 years admitted with COVID-19. Data on Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, prior paracetamol intake within 10 days before admission, ICU therapy, limitations of care and survival during the ICU stay, at 30 days, and 3 months. Paracetamol intake was analysed for associations with ICU-, 30-day- and 3-month-mortality using Kaplan Meier analysis. Furthermore, sensitivity analyses were used to stratify 30-day-mortality in subgroups for patient-specific characteristics using logistic regression. RESULTS 44% of the 2,646 patients with data recorded regarding paracetamol intake within 10 days prior to ICU admission took paracetamol. There was no difference in age between patients with and without paracetamol intake. Patients taking paracetamol suffered from more co-morbidities, namely diabetes mellitus (43% versus 34%, p < 0.001), arterial hypertension (70% versus 65%, p = 0.006) and had a higher score on Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS; IQR 2-5 versus IQR 2-4, p < 0.001). Patients under prior paracetamol treatment were less often subjected to intubation and vasopressor use, compared to patients without paracetamol intake (65 versus 71%, p < 0.001; 63 versus 69%, p = 0.007). Paracetamol intake was not associated with ICU-, 30-day- and 3-month-mortality, remaining true after multivariate adjusted analysis. CONCLUSION Paracetamol intake prior to ICU admission was not associated with short-term and 3-month mortality in old, critically ill intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19. TRIAL REGISTRATION This prospective international multicentre study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov with the identifier "NCT04321265" on March 25, 2020.
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- Philipp Heinrich Baldia
- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.7914.b0000 0004 1936 7443Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- grid.154185.c0000 0004 0512 597XDepartment of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Critical Care Centre, Sabadell Hospital University Institute Parc Tauli, Sabadell Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.150338.c0000 0001 0721 9812Department of Acute Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- grid.411656.10000 0004 0479 0855Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538General & Medical Intensive Care Units, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538General & Medical Intensive Care Units, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538General & Medical Intensive Care Units, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.5522.00000 0001 2162 9631Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- grid.411306.10000 0000 8728 1538Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.410566.00000 0004 0626 3303Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.411596.e0000 0004 0488 8430Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- grid.5947.f0000 0001 1516 2393Department Of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway. Dep. of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- grid.414551.00000 0000 9715 2430Multipurpose and Neurocritical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of São José, Central Lisbon University Hospital Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
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- grid.451349.eGeneral Intensive Care, St George´S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- grid.7692.a0000000090126352Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Institute Pierre Louis Epidemiology and Public Health, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Sorbonne University, UPMC, INSERM, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Murad O, Orjuela Cruz DF, Goldman A, Stern T, van Heerden PV. Improving awareness of kidney function through electronic urine output monitoring: a comparative study. BMC Nephrol 2022; 23:412. [PMID: 36572867 PMCID: PMC9792308 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-022-03046-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The current classification for acute kidney injury (AKI) according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria integrates both serum creatinine (SCr) and urine output (UO). Most reports on AKI claim to use KDIGO guidelines but fail to include the UO criterion. It has been shown that patients who had intensive UO monitoring, with or without AKI, had significantly less cumulative fluid volume and fluid overload, reduced vasopressor use, and improved 30-day mortality. We examined whether real-time monitoring of this simple, sensitive, and easy-to-use biomarker in the ICU led to more appropriate intervention by healthcare providers and better outcomes. METHODS: RenalSense Clarity RMS Consoles were installed in the General ICU at the Hadassah Medical Center, Israel, from December 2019 to November 2020. The Clarity RMS system continuously and electronically monitors UO in real-time. 100 patients were randomly selected from this period as the study group (UOelec) and compared to a matched control group (UOmanual) from the same period two years earlier. To test whether there was an association between oliguric hours and fluid treatment in each group, the correlation was calculated and analyzed for each of the different UO monitoring methods. RESULTS Therapeutic intervention: The correlation of the sum of all oliguric hours on Day 1 and 2 with the sum of any therapeutic intervention (fluid bolus or furosemide) showed a significant correlation for the study group UOelec (P = 0.017). The matched control group UOmanual showed no such correlation (P = 0.932). Length of Stay (LOS): Median LOS [IQR] in the ICU of UOelec versus UOmanual was 69.46 [44.7, 125.9] hours and 116.5 [62.46, 281.3] hours, respectively (P = 0.0002). CONCLUSIONS The results of our study strongly suggest that ICU patients had more meaningful and better medical intervention, and improved outcomes, with electronic UO monitoring than with manual monitoring.
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- Omar Murad
- grid.17788.310000 0001 2221 2926The Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Clinical Research Department, RenalSense Ltd, 3 Hamarpe St, Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Clinical Research Department, RenalSense Ltd, 3 Hamarpe St, Har Hotzvim, Jerusalem, Israel
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Mousai O, Tafoureau L, Yovell T, Flaatten H, Guidet B, Jung C, de Lange D, Leaver S, Szczeklik W, Fjolner J, van Heerden PV, Joskowicz L, Beil M, Hyams G, Sviri S. Clustering analysis of geriatric and acute characteristics in a cohort of very old patients on admission to ICU. Intensive Care Med 2022; 48:1726-1735. [PMID: 36056194 PMCID: PMC9439274 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-022-06868-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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PURPOSE The biological and functional heterogeneity in very old patients constitutes a major challenge to prognostication and patient management in intensive care units (ICUs). In addition to the characteristics of acute diseases, geriatric conditions such as frailty, multimorbidity, cognitive impairment and functional disabilities were shown to influence outcome in that population. The goal of this study was to identify new and robust phenotypes based on the combination of these features to facilitate early outcome prediction. METHODS Patients aged 80 years old or older with and without limitations of life-sustaining treatment and with complete data were recruited from the VIP2 study for phenotyping and from the COVIP study for external validation. The sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score and its sub-scores taken on admission to ICU as well as demographic and geriatric patient characteristics were subjected to clustering analysis. Phenotypes were identified after repeated bootstrapping and clustering runs. RESULTS In patients from the VIP2 study without limitations of life-sustaining treatment (n = 1977), ICU mortality was 12% and 30-day mortality 19%. Seven phenotypes with distinct profiles of acute and geriatric characteristics were identified in that cohort. Phenotype-specific mortality within 30 days ranged from 3 to 57%. Among the patients assigned to a phenotype with pronounced geriatric features and high SOFA scores, 50% died in ICU and 57% within 30 days. Mortality differences between phenotypes were confirmed in the COVIP study cohort (n = 280). CONCLUSIONS Phenotyping of very old patients on admission to ICU revealed new phenotypes with different mortality and potential need for anticipatory intervention.
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- Oded Mousai
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Viborg Regional Hospital, Viborg, Denmark
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University and Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Wolff G, Wernly B, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Bruno RR, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Kelm M, Binneboessel S, Baldia P, Beil M, Sivri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Flamm M, Zafeiridis T, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Leaver S, Jung C. Sex-specific treatment characteristics and 30-day mortality outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients over 70 years of age-results from the prospective COVIP study. Can J Anaesth 2022; 69:1390-1398. [PMID: 35945477 PMCID: PMC9363137 DOI: 10.1007/s12630-022-02304-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Older critically ill patients with COVID-19 have been the most vulnerable during the ongoing pandemic, with men being more prone to hospitalization and severe disease than women. We aimed to explore sex-specific differences in treatment and outcome after intensive care unit (ICU) admission in this cohort. METHODS We performed a sex-specific analysis in critically ill patients ≥ 70 yr of age with COVID-19 who were included in the international prospective multicenter COVIP study. All patients were analyzed for ICU admission and treatment characteristics. We performed a multilevel adjusted regression analysis to elucidate associations of sex with 30-day mortality. RESULTS A total of 3,159 patients (69.8% male, 30.2% female; median age, 75 yr) were included. Male patients were significantly fitter than female patients as determined by the Clinical Frailty Scale (fit, 67% vs 54%; vulnerable, 14% vs 19%; frail, 19% vs 27%; P < 0.001). Male patients more often underwent tracheostomy (20% vs 14%; odds ratio [OR], 1.57; P < 0.001), vasopressor therapy (69% vs 62%; OR, 1.25; P = 0.02), and renal replacement therapy (17% vs 11%; OR, 1.96; P < 0.001). There was no difference in mechanical ventilation, life-sustaining treatment limitations, and crude 30-day mortality (50% male vs 49% female; OR, 1.11; P = 0.19), which remained true after adjustment for disease severity, frailty, age and treatment limitations (OR, 1.17; 95% confidence interval, 0.94 to 1.45; P = 0.16). CONCLUSION In this analysis of sex-specific treatment characteristics and 30-day mortality outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 ≥ 70 yr of age, we found more tracheostomy and renal replacement therapy in male vs female patients, but no significant association of patient sex with 30-day mortality. STUDY REGISTRATION www. CLINICALTRIALS gov (NCT04321265); registered 25 March 2020).
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- Georg Wolff
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France
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- General Intensive care, St George´s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Medical Faculty, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Wernly B, Flaatten H, Beil M, Fjølner J, Bruno RR, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Kelm M, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Rezar R, Oeyen S, Wolff G, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Wernly S, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Perings S, Jung C. A retrospective cohort study comparing differences in 30-day mortality among critically ill patients aged ≥ 70 years treated in European tax-based healthcare systems (THS) versus social health insurance systems. Sci Rep 2022; 12:17460. [PMID: 36261587 PMCID: PMC9580441 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21580-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In Europe, tax-based healthcare systems (THS) and social health insurance systems (SHI) coexist. We examined differences in 30-day mortality among critically ill patients aged ≥ 70 years treated in intensive care units in a THS or SHI. Retrospective cohort study. 2406 (THS n = 886; SHI n = 1520) critically ill ≥ 70 years patients in 129 ICUs. Generalized estimation equations with robust standard errors were chosen to create population average adjusted odds ratios (aOR). Data were adjusted for patient-specific variables, organ support and health economic data. The primary outcome was 30-day-mortality. Numerical differences between SHI and THS in SOFA scores (6 ± 3 vs. 5 ± 3; p = 0.002) were observed, but clinical frailty scores were similar (> 4; 17% vs. 14%; p = 0.09). Higher rates of renal replacement therapy (18% vs. 11%; p < 0.001) were found in SHI (aOR 0.61 95%CI 0.40-0.92; p = 0.02). No differences regarding intubation rates (68% vs. 70%; p = 0.33), vasopressor use (67% vs. 67%; p = 0.90) and 30-day-mortality rates (47% vs. 50%; p = 0.16) were found. Mortality remained similar between both systems after multivariable adjustment and sensitivity analyses. The retrospective character of this study. Baseline risk and mortality rates were similar between SHI and THS. The type of health care system does not appear to have played a role in the intensive care treatment of critically ill patients ≥ 70 years with COVID-19 in Europe.
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- Bernhard Wernly
- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria ,grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Oberndorf, Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.7914.b0000 0004 1936 7443Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway ,grid.412008.f0000 0000 9753 1393Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, 5021 Bergen, Norway
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538Deptartment of Medical Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jersualem, Israel
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- grid.416838.00000 0004 0646 9184Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Viborg Regional Hospital, 8800 Viborg, Denmark
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- grid.7080.f0000 0001 2296 0625Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08208 Sabadell, Spain
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- grid.150338.c0000 0001 0721 9812Department of Acute Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- grid.411656.10000 0004 0479 0855Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538Deptartment of Medical Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jersualem, Israel
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- grid.17788.310000 0001 2221 2926Deptartment of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.5522.00000 0001 2162 9631Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-008 Krakow, Poland
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- grid.411306.10000 0000 8728 1538Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, R6XF+46G, Tripoli, Libya
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.410566.00000 0004 0626 3303Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- grid.411596.e0000 0004 0488 8430Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, D07 R2WY Ireland
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- grid.459807.7Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, 6017 Ålesund, Norway ,grid.5947.f0000 0001 1516 2393Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- grid.418334.90000 0004 0625 3076Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal ,grid.10772.330000000121511713Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal ,grid.7427.60000 0001 2220 7094Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Oberndorf, Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.264200.20000 0000 8546 682XGeneral Intensive Care, St. George´s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, SW17 0QT UK
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- grid.412370.30000 0004 1937 1100Inserm, Service de réanimation, Institut Pierre-Louis d’épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 184, Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France
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- grid.5477.10000000120346234Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- grid.412370.30000 0004 1937 1100Inserm, Service de réanimation, Institut Pierre-Louis d’épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, AP-HP, Sorbonne Université, 184, Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Beil M, Flaatten H, Guidet B, Joskowicz L, Jung C, de Lange D, Leaver S, Fjølner J, Szczeklik W, Sviri S, van Heerden PV. Time-dependent uncertainty of critical care transitions in very old patients - lessons for time-limited trials. J Crit Care 2022; 71:154067. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ayalon O, Cohen MJ, Orenbuch-Harroch E, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Korem M. Invasive fungal infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients in a large tertiary university hospital in Israel. J Crit Care 2022; 69:154004. [PMID: 35152143 PMCID: PMC8830264 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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An increasing number of studies have tried to determine the incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in COVID-19 patients. Challenges in the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis in these patients have led to new definitions of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA). The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and outcomes of and risk factors for IFIs in critically-ill COVID-19 patients, using the new definitions, in a tertiary center in Israel. Methods A case-controlled study (from 1 September 2020 to 31 March 2021) in which data from COVID-19 critically-ill patients with a diagnosis of IFI were collected and compared to a control group without IFI. Results The incidence of IFI amongst 311 COVID-19 critically-ill patients was 6.1%. 3.5% had CAPA and 3.5% had candidemia. In-hospital mortality was higher amongst patients with IFI compared to those without IFI (89.4% vs 60%, p < 0.03). The most significant predictors of IFI were cardiovascular co-morbidity and carbapenem use. Conclusions The low incidence of CAPA in our group of COVID-19 critically-ill patients was consistent with recent reports, underscoring the importance of differentiating between true infection and colonization. Awareness and timely diagnosis of IFIs in COVID-19 critically-ill patients are imperative considering the associated high mortality.
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Beil M, Guidet B, Flaatten H, Jung C, Sviri S, van Heerden PV. Is It TIME for More Research on Time-Limited Trials in Critical Care? Chest 2022; 161:e397. [PMID: 35680329 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.01.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Michael Beil
- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Service de Reanimation, Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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van Heerden PV, Beil M. Chronic critical illness - What is it and what can be done about it? Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2022; 66:780-781. [PMID: 35491385 DOI: 10.1111/aas.14075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Peter Vernon van Heerden
- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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Guidet B, Jung C, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Beil M, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Kondili E, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Cecconi M, Leaver S, De Lange DW, Boumendil A. Correction to: Increased 30-day mortality in very old ICU patients with COVID-19 compared to patients with respiratory failure without COVID-19. Intensive Care Med 2022; 48:797-799. [PMID: 35357546 PMCID: PMC8968774 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-022-06674-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bertrand Guidet
- UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Medical Intensive Care, Sorbonne Universités, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 75012, Paris, France.
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France.
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School University of Crete, Giofirakia, Greece
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Alesund, Norway
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma. Hospital de São José, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Anaesthesia IRCCS, Instituto Clínico Humanitas, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Medical Intensive Care, Sorbonne Universités, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 75012, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France
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Bruno RR, Wernly B, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Artigas A, Baldia PH, Binneboessel S, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Wolff G, Kelm M, Beil M, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Kondili E, Marsh B, Wollborn J, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Jung C. The association of the Activities of Daily Living and the outcome of old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19. Ann Intensive Care 2022; 12:26. [PMID: 35303201 PMCID: PMC8931579 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-022-00996-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Purpose Critically ill old intensive care unit (ICU) patients suffering from Sars-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19) are at increased risk for adverse outcomes. This post hoc analysis investigates the association of the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) with the outcome in this vulnerable patient group. Methods The COVIP study is a prospective international observational study that recruited ICU patients ≥ 70 years admitted with COVID-19 (NCT04321265). Several parameters including ADL (ADL; 0 = disability, 6 = no disability), Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), SOFA score, intensive care treatment, ICU- and 3-month survival were recorded. A mixed-effects Weibull proportional hazard regression analyses for 3-month mortality adjusted for multiple confounders. Results This pre-specified analysis included 2359 patients with a documented ADL and CFS. Most patients evidenced independence in their daily living before hospital admission (80% with ADL = 6). Patients with no frailty and no disability showed the lowest, patients with frailty (CFS ≥ 5) and disability (ADL < 6) the highest 3-month mortality (52 vs. 78%, p < 0.001). ADL was independently associated with 3-month mortality (ADL as a continuous variable: aHR 0.88 (95% CI 0.82–0.94, p < 0.001). Being “disable” resulted in a significant increased risk for 3-month mortality (aHR 1.53 (95% CI 1.19–1.97, p 0.001) even after adjustment for multiple confounders. Conclusion Baseline Activities of Daily Living (ADL) on admission provides additional information for outcome prediction, although most critically ill old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19 had no restriction in their ADL prior to ICU admission. Combining frailty and disability identifies a subgroup with particularly high mortality. Trial registration number: NCT04321265. Graphical Abstract ![]()
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13613-022-00996-9.
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- Raphael Romano Bruno
- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital Oberndorf, Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Paracelsusstraße 37, Oberndorf, 5110, Salzburg, Austria.,Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anesthesiolgy, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway.,Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal.,Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- General Intensive Care, St George´S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, 75012, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, 75012, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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Bruno RR, Wernly B, Wolff G, Fjølner J, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Kindgen-Milles D, Baldia PH, Kelm M, Beil M, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Topeli A, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Kondili E, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Flaatten H, Jung C. Association of chronic heart failure with mortality in old intensive care patients suffering from Covid-19. ESC Heart Fail 2022; 9:1756-1765. [PMID: 35274490 PMCID: PMC9065875 DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.13854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Aims Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a major risk factor for mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). This prospective international multicentre study investigates the role of pre‐existing CHF on clinical outcomes of critically ill old (≥70 years) intensive care patients with COVID‐19. Methods and results Patients with pre‐existing CHF were subclassified as having ischaemic or non‐ischaemic cardiac disease; patients with a documented ejection fraction (EF) were subclassified according to heart failure EF: reduced (HFrEF, n = 132), mild (HFmrEF, n = 91), or preserved (HFpEF, n = 103). Associations of heart failure characteristics with the 30 day mortality were analysed in univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Pre‐existing CHF was reported in 566 of 3917 patients (14%). Patients with CHF were older, frailer, and had significantly higher SOFA scores on admission. CHF patients showed significantly higher crude 30 day mortality [60% vs. 48%, P < 0.001; odds ratio 1.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.5–2.3] and 3 month mortality (69% vs. 56%, P < 0.001). After multivariate adjustment for confounders (SOFA, age, sex, and frailty), no independent association of CHF with mortality remained [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.2, 95% CI 0.5–1.5; P = 0.137]. More patients suffered from pre‐existing ischaemic than from non‐ischaemic disease [233 vs. 328 patients (n = 5 unknown aetiology)]. There were no differences in baseline characteristics between ischaemic and non‐ischaemic disease or between HFrEF, HFmrEF, and HFpEF. Crude 30 day mortality was significantly higher in HFrEF compared with HFpEF (64% vs. 48%, P = 0.042). EF as a continuous variable was not independently associated with 30 day mortality (aOR 0.98, 95% CI 0.9–1.0; P = 0.128). Conclusions In critically ill older COVID‐19 patients, pre‐existing CHF was not independently associated with 30 day mortality. Trial registration number: NCT04321265.
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- Raphael Romano Bruno
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Unit, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway.,Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Polok K, Fronczek J, van Heerden PV, Flaatten H, Guidet B, De Lange DW, Fjølner J, Leaver S, Beil M, Sviri S, Bruno RR, Wernly B, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Studzińska D, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Cecconi M, Jung C, Szczeklik W. Association between tracheostomy timing and outcomes for older critically ill COVID-19 patients: prospective observational study in European intensive care units. Br J Anaesth 2022; 128:482-490. [PMID: 34955167 PMCID: PMC8627864 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tracheostomy is performed in patients expected to require prolonged mechanical ventilation, but to date optimal timing of tracheostomy has not been established. The evidence concerning tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients is particularly scarce. We aimed to describe the relationship between early tracheostomy (≤10 days since intubation) and outcomes for patients with COVID-19. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study performed in 152 centres across 16 European countries from February to December 2020. We included patients aged ≥70 yr with confirmed COVID-19 infection admitted to an intensive care unit, requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. Multivariable analyses were performed to evaluate the association between early tracheostomy and clinical outcomes including 3-month mortality, intensive care length of stay, and duration of mechanical ventilation. RESULTS The final analysis included 1740 patients with a mean age of 74 yr. Tracheostomy was performed in 461 (26.5%) patients. The tracheostomy rate varied across countries, from 8.3% to 52.9%. Early tracheostomy was performed in 135 (29.3%) patients. There was no difference in 3-month mortality between early and late tracheostomy in either our primary analysis (hazard ratio [HR]=0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.70-1.33) or a secondary landmark analysis (HR=0.78; 95% CI, 0.57-1.06). CONCLUSIONS There is a wide variation across Europe in the timing of tracheostomy for critically ill patients with COVID-19. However, we found no evidence that early tracheostomy is associated with any effect on survival amongst older critically ill patients with COVID-19. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04321265.
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- Kamil Polok
- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: Epidémiologie Hospitalière Qualité et Organisation des Soins, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Research Lead Critical Care Directorate St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria,Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Critical Care Department, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway,Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa (Nova Médical School), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center – IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
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Guidet B, Jung C, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Artigas A, Pinto BB, Schefold JC, Beil M, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Kondili E, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Cecconi M, Leaver S, De Lange DW, Boumendil A. Increased 30-day mortality in very old ICU patients with COVID-19 compared to patients with respiratory failure without COVID-19. Intensive Care Med 2022; 48:435-447. [PMID: 35218366 PMCID: PMC8881896 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-022-06642-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Purpose The number of patients ≥ 80 years admitted into critical care is increasing. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) added another challenge for clinical decisions for both admission and limitation of life-sustaining treatments (LLST). We aimed to compare the characteristics and mortality of very old critically ill patients with or without COVID-19 with a focus on LLST. Methods Patients 80 years or older with acute respiratory failure were recruited from the VIP2 and COVIP studies. Baseline patient characteristics, interventions in intensive care unit (ICU) and outcomes (30-day survival) were recorded. COVID patients were matched to non-COVID patients based on the following factors: age (± 2 years), Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score (± 2 points), clinical frailty scale (± 1 point), gender and region on a 1:2 ratio. Specific ICU procedures and LLST were compared between the cohorts by means of cumulative incidence curves taking into account the competing risk of discharge and death. Results 693 COVID patients were compared to 1393 non-COVID patients. COVID patients were younger, less frail, less severely ill with lower SOFA score, but were treated more often with invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) and had a lower 30-day survival. 404 COVID patients could be matched to 666 non-COVID patients. For COVID patients, withholding and withdrawing of LST were more frequent than for non-COVID and the 30-day survival was almost half compared to non-COVID patients. Conclusion Very old COVID patients have a different trajectory than non-COVID patients. Whether this finding is due to a decision policy with more active treatment limitation or to an inherent higher risk of death due to COVID-19 is unclear. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00134-022-06642-z.
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- Bertrand Guidet
- UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Medical Intensive Care, Sorbonne Universités, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 75012, Paris, France. .,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France.
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Medical School University of Crete, Giofirakia, Greece
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Alesund, Norway.,Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma. Hospital de São José, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Anaesthesia IRCCS, Instituto Clínico Humanitas, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Medical Intensive Care, Sorbonne Universités, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint Antoine, 75012, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France
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Soliman IW, Leaver S, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Wernly B, Bruno RR, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Beil M, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Zafeiridis T, Wollborn J, Banzo MJA, Fuest K, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Boumendil A, Guidet B, Jung C, De Lange DW. Health-related quality of life in older patients surviving ICU treatment for COVID-19: results from an international observational study of patients older than 70 years. Age Ageing 2022; 51:6523677. [PMID: 35136896 PMCID: PMC8825757 DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important patient-centred outcome in patients surviving ICU admission for COVID-19. It is currently not clear which domains of the HRQoL are most affected. OBJECTIVE to quantify HRQoL in order to identify areas of interventions. DESIGN prospective observation study. SETTING admissions to European ICUs between March 2020 and February 2021. SUBJECTS patients aged 70 years or older admitted with COVID-19 disease. METHODS collected determinants include SOFA-score, Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), number and timing of ICU procedures and limitation of care, Katz Activities of Daily Living (ADL) dependence score. HRQoL was assessed at 3 months after ICU admission with the Euro-QoL-5D-5L questionnaire. An outcome of ≥4 on any of Euro-QoL-5D-5L domains was considered unfavourable. RESULTS in total 3,140 patients from 14 European countries were included in this study. Three months after inclusion, 1,224 patients (39.0%) were alive and the EQ-5D-5L from was obtained. The CFS was associated with an increased odds ratio for an unfavourable HRQoL outcome after 3 months; OR 1.15 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.71-1.87) for CFS 2 to OR 4.33 (95% CI: 1.57-11.9) for CFS ≧ 7. The Katz ADL was not statistically significantly associated with HRQoL after 3 months. CONCLUSIONS in critically ill old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19, the CFS is associated with the subjectively perceived quality of life. The CFS on admission can be used to inform patients and relatives on the risk of an unfavourable qualitative outcome if such patients survive.
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- Ivo W Soliman
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- General Intensive Care, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiolgy, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Havard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Technical University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma. Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, F-75012 Paris, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, F-75012 Paris, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Address correspondence to: D. W. de Lange, Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 88 75 585 61; Fax: +31 88 75 556 77.
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Jung C, Mamandipoor B, Fjølner J, Bruno R, Wernly B, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Wolff G, Kelm M, Beil M, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Czuczwar M, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Zafeiridis T, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Cecconi M, Leaver S, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Flaatten H, Osmani V. Disease-course adapting machine learning prognostication models in critically ill elderly COVID-19 patients: a multi-centre cohort study with external validation. JMIR Med Inform 2021; 10:e32949. [PMID: 35099394 PMCID: PMC9015783 DOI: 10.2196/32949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is challenging health care systems globally. The disease disproportionately affects the elderly population, both in terms of disease severity and mortality risk. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate machine learning–based prognostication models for critically ill elderly COVID-19 patients, which dynamically incorporated multifaceted clinical information on evolution of the disease. Methods This multicenter cohort study (COVIP study) obtained patient data from 151 intensive care units (ICUs) from 26 countries. Different models based on the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, logistic regression (LR), random forest (RF), and extreme gradient boosting (XGB) were derived as baseline models that included admission variables only. We subsequently included clinical events and time-to-event as additional variables to derive the final models using the same algorithms and compared their performance with that of the baseline group. Furthermore, we derived baseline and final models on a European patient cohort, which were externally validated on a non-European cohort that included Asian, African, and US patients. Results In total, 1432 elderly (≥70 years old) COVID-19–positive patients admitted to an ICU were included for analysis. Of these, 809 (56.49%) patients survived up to 30 days after admission. The average length of stay was 21.6 (SD 18.2) days. Final models that incorporated clinical events and time-to-event information provided superior performance (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.81; 95% CI 0.804-0.811), with respect to both the baseline models that used admission variables only and conventional ICU prediction models (SOFA score, P<.001). The average precision increased from 0.65 (95% CI 0.650-0.655) to 0.77 (95% CI 0.759-0.770). Conclusions Integrating important clinical events and time-to-event information led to a superior accuracy of 30-day mortality prediction compared with models based on the admission information and conventional ICU prediction models. This study shows that machine-learning models provide additional information and may support complex decision-making in critically ill elderly COVID-19 patients. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04321265; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04321265
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- Christian Jung
- University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, Duesseldorf, DE
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus, DK
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria, Salzburg, AT
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain, Sabadell, ES
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva, CH
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Bern, CH
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- University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, Duesseldorf, DE
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- University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, Duesseldorf, DE
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, Jerusalem, IL
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, Jerusalem, IL
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- Dept. of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Jerusalem, IL
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland, Krakow, PL
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- 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica 16, 20-081, Lublin, Poland, Lublin, PL
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli, LY
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, AT
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Ghent, BE
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;, Dublin, IE
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- Dep. Of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway. Dep. of Circulation and medical imaging, Norwegian university of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Alesund, NO
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma. Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, PT
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- Department of Anaesthesia IRCCS Instituto Clínico Humanitas, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy, Milan, IT
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- General Intensive care, St George´s University Hospitals NHS Foundation trust, London, United Kingdom, London, GB
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, the Netherlands, Utrecht, BE
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, F-75012, Paris, France. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, FR
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital , Bergen, Norway, Bergen, NO
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler Research Institute, Trento, Italy, Trento, IT
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Flaatten H, Guidet B, de Lange DW, Beil M, Leaver SK, Fjølner J, van Heerden PV, Sigal S, Szczeklik W, Jung C. The importance of revealing data on limitation of life sustaining therapy in critical ill elderly Covid-19 patients. J Crit Care 2021; 67:147-148. [PMID: 34781100 PMCID: PMC8588784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Hans Flaatten
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
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- Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Reanimation, GRC Respire SU, Paris, France.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Hadassah University Hospital, Intensive Care, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- MPH Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
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- Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf, Germany.
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van Heerden PV, Abutbul A, Sviri S, Zlotnick E, Nama A, Zimro S, El-Amore R, Shabat Y, Reicher B, Falah B, Mevorach D. Apoptotic Cells for Therapeutic Use in Cytokine Storm Associated With Sepsis- A Phase Ib Clinical Trial. Front Immunol 2021; 12:718191. [PMID: 34659208 PMCID: PMC8515139 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.718191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background Sepsis has no proven specific pharmacologic treatment and reported mortality ranges from 30%–45%. The primary aim of this phase IB study was to determine the safety profile of Allocetra™-OTS (early apoptotic cell) infusion in subjects presenting to the emergency room with sepsis. The secondary aims were to measure organ dysfunction, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stays, and mortality. Exploratory endpoints included measuring immune modulator agents to elucidate the mechanism of action. Methods Ten patients presenting to the emergency room at the Hadassah Medical Center with sepsis were enrolled in this phase Ib clinical study. Enrolled patients were males and females aged 51–83 years, who had a Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score ≥2 above baseline and were septic due to presumed infection. Allocetra™-OTS was administered as a single dose (day +1) or in two doses of 140×106 cells/kg on (day +1 and +3), following initiation of standard-of-care (SOC) treatment for septic patients. Safety was evaluated by serious adverse events (SAEs) and adverse events (AEs). Organ dysfunction, ICU and hospital stays, and mortality, were compared to historical controls. Immune modulator agents were measured using Luminex® multiplex analysis. Results All 10 patients had mild-to-moderate sepsis with SOFA scores ranging from 2–6 upon entering the study. No SAEs and no related AEs were reported. All 10 study subjects survived, while matched historical controls had a mortality rate of 27%. The study subjects exhibited rapid resolution of organ dysfunction and had significantly shorter ICU stays compared to matched historical controls (p<0.0001). All patients had both elevated pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and additional immune modulators that gradually decreased following treatment. Conclusion Administration of apoptotic cells to patients with mild-to-moderate sepsis was safe and had a significant immuno-modulating effect, leading to early resolution of the cytokine storm. Clinical Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03925857. (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT03925857).
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Rheumatology and Rare Disease Research Center, The Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Rheumatology and Rare Disease Research Center, The Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and School, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Research, Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd., Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Research, Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd., Ness-Ziona, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Rheumatology and Rare Disease Research Center, The Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center and School, Jerusalem, Israel.,Department of Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Jung C, Fjølner J, Bruno RR, Wernly B, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Wolff G, Kelm M, Beil M, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Czuczwar M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Zafeiridis T, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Flaatten H. Differences in mortality in critically ill elderly patients during the second COVID-19 surge in Europe. Crit Care 2021; 25:344. [PMID: 34556171 PMCID: PMC8459701 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03739-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The primary aim of this study was to assess the outcome of elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients treated during the spring and autumn COVID-19 surges in Europe. METHODS This was a prospective European observational study (the COVIP study) in ICU patients aged 70 years and older admitted with COVID-19 disease from March to December 2020 to 159 ICUs in 14 European countries. An electronic database was used to register a number of parameters including: SOFA score, Clinical Frailty Scale, co-morbidities, usual ICU procedures and survival at 90 days. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04321265). RESULTS In total, 2625 patients were included, 1327 from the first and 1298 from the second surge. Median age was 74 and 75 years in surge 1 and 2, respectively. SOFA score was higher in the first surge (median 6 versus 5, p < 0.0001). The PaO2/FiO2 ratio at admission was higher during surge 1, and more patients received invasive mechanical ventilation (78% versus 68%, p < 0.0001). During the first 15 days of treatment, survival was similar during the first and the second surge. Survival was lower in the second surge after day 15 and differed after 30 days (57% vs 50%) as well as after 90 days (51% vs 40%). CONCLUSION An unexpected, but significant, decrease in 30-day and 90-day survival was observed during the second surge in our cohort of elderly ICU patients. The reason for this is unclear. Our main concern is whether the widespread changes in practice and treatment of COVID-19 between the two surges have contributed to this increased mortality in elderly patients. Further studies are urgently warranted to provide more evidence for current practice in elderly patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04321265 , registered March 19th, 2020.
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- Christian Jung
- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica 16, 20-081, Lublin, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos E Trauma. Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, 75012, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, 75012, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Beil M, Flaatten H, Guidet B, Sviri S, Jung C, de Lange D, Leaver S, Fjølner J, Szczeklik W, van Heerden PV. The management of multi-morbidity in elderly patients: Ready yet for precision medicine in intensive care? Crit Care 2021; 25:330. [PMID: 34507597 PMCID: PMC8431262 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03750-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There is ongoing demographic ageing and increasing longevity of the population, with previously devastating and often-fatal diseases now transformed into chronic conditions. This is turning multi-morbidity into a major challenge in the world of critical care. After many years of research and innovation, mainly in geriatric care, the concept of multi-morbidity now requires fine-tuning to support decision-making for patients along their whole trajectory in healthcare, including in the intensive care unit (ICU). This article will discuss current challenges and present approaches to adapt critical care services to the needs of these patients.
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- Michael Beil
- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Service de Reanimation, Hopital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Bruno RR, Wernly B, Hornemann J, Flaatten H, FjØlner J, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Wolff G, Baldia PH, Binneboessel S, Kelm M, Beil M, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Kondili E, Wollborn J, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Jung C. Early evaluation of organ failure using MELD-XI in critically ill elderly COVID-19 patients. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2021; 79:109-120. [PMID: 34487039 DOI: 10.3233/ch-219202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSECritically ill elderly patients who suffer from Sars-CoV-2 disease are at high risk for organ failure. The modified MELD-XI score has not been evaluated for outcome prediction in these most vulnerable patients.METHODSThe Corona Virus disease (COVID19) in Very Elderly Intensive Care Patients study (COVIP, NCT04321265) prospectively recruited patients on intensive care units (ICU), who were = 70 years. Data were collected from March 2020 to February 2021. The MELD-XI score was calculated using the highest serum bilirubin and creatinine on ICU admission. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to assess associations between the MELD-XI score and mortality. The primary outcome was 30-day-mortality, the secondary outcomes were ICU- and 3-month-mortality.RESULTSIn total, data from 2,993 patients were analyzed. Most patients had a MELD-XI <12 on admission (76%). The patients with MELD-XI = 12 had a significantly higher 30-day-, ICU- and 3-month-mortality (44%vs 64%, and 42%vs. 59%, and 57%vs. 76%, p < 0.001). After adjustment for multiple confounders, MELD-XI = 12 remained significantly associated with 30-day- (aOR 1.572, CI 1.268-1.949, p < 0.001), ICU-, and 3-month-mortality.CONCLUSIONIn critically ill elderly intensive care patients with COVID-19, the MELD-XI score constitutes a valuable tool for an early outcome prediction.
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- Raphael Romano Bruno
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Anesthesiolgy, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway.,Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma. Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- General Intensive care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris, INSERM, UMR S, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: Épidémiologie Hospitaliére Qualité et Organisation des Soins, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service De Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris, INSERM, UMR S, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: Épidémiologie Hospitaliére Qualité et Organisation des Soins, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service De Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Bruno RR, Wernly B, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Binnebössel S, Baldia PH, Kelm M, Beil M, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Zafeiridis T, Wollborn J, Arche Banzo MJ, Fuest K, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Jung C. Lactate is associated with mortality in very old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19: results from an international observational study of 2860 patients. Ann Intensive Care 2021; 11:128. [PMID: 34417919 PMCID: PMC8379577 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-021-00911-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Lactate is an established prognosticator in critical care. However, there still is insufficient evidence about its role in predicting outcome in COVID-19. This is of particular concern in older patients who have been mostly affected during the initial surge in 2020. METHODS This prospective international observation study (The COVIP study) recruited patients aged 70 years or older (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04321265) admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with COVID-19 disease from March 2020 to February 2021. In addition to serial lactate values (arterial blood gas analysis), we recorded several parameters, including SOFA score, ICU procedures, limitation of care, ICU- and 3-month mortality. A lactate concentration ≥ 2.0 mmol/L on the day of ICU admission (baseline) was defined as abnormal. The primary outcome was ICU-mortality. The secondary outcomes 30-day and 3-month mortality. RESULTS In total, data from 2860 patients were analyzed. In most patients (68%), serum lactate was lower than 2 mmol/L. Elevated baseline serum lactate was associated with significantly higher ICU- and 3-month mortality (53% vs. 43%, and 71% vs. 57%, respectively, p < 0.001). In the multivariable analysis, the maximum lactate concentration on day 1 was independently associated with ICU mortality (aOR 1.06 95% CI 1.02-1.11; p = 0.007), 30-day mortality (aOR 1.07 95% CI 1.02-1.13; p = 0.005) and 3-month mortality (aOR 1.15 95% CI 1.08-1.24; p < 0.001) after adjustment for age, gender, SOFA score, and frailty. In 826 patients with baseline lactate ≥ 2 mmol/L sufficient data to calculate the difference between maximal levels on days 1 and 2 (∆ serum lactate) were available. A decreasing lactate concentration over time was inversely associated with ICU mortality after multivariate adjustment for SOFA score, age, Clinical Frailty Scale, and gender (aOR 0.60 95% CI 0.42-0.85; p = 0.004). CONCLUSION In critically ill old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19, lactate and its kinetics are valuable tools for outcome prediction. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04321265.
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- Raphael Romano Bruno
- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.21604.310000 0004 0523 5263Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- grid.7914.b0000 0004 1936 7443Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- grid.412008.f0000 0000 9753 1393Department of Anaestesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- grid.154185.c0000 0004 0512 597XDepartment of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- grid.7080.fDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- grid.150338.c0000 0001 0721 9812Department of Acute Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- grid.5734.50000 0001 0726 5157Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538Deptartment of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538Deptartment of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.9619.70000 0004 1937 0538General Intensive Care Unit, Deptartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- grid.5522.00000 0001 2162 9631Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- grid.411306.10000 0000 8728 1538Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
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- grid.5361.10000 0000 8853 2677Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- grid.410566.00000 0004 0626 3303Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.38142.3c000000041936754XDepartment of Anesthesiolgy, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- grid.411050.10000 0004 1767 4212Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain
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- grid.6936.a0000000123222966Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Klinikum Rechts Der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.411596.e0000 0004 0488 8430Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- grid.459807.7Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway
- grid.5947.f0000 0001 1516 2393Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- grid.10772.330000000121511713Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos E Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- grid.451349.eGeneral Intensive Care, St George´S University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- grid.7429.80000000121866389Institut Pierre Louis D’Epidémiologie Et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, 75012 Paris, France
- grid.412370.30000 0004 1937 1100Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, service de réanimation médicale, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France
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- grid.5477.10000000120346234Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- grid.7429.80000000121866389Institut Pierre Louis D’Epidémiologie Et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, 75012 Paris, France
- grid.412370.30000 0004 1937 1100Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, service de réanimation médicale, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France
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- grid.411327.20000 0001 2176 9917Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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Bruno RR, Wernly B, Mamandipoor B, Rezar R, Binnebössel S, Baldia PH, Wolff G, Kelm M, Guidet B, De Lange DW, Dankl D, Koköfer A, Danninger T, Szczeklik W, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Beil M, Fjølner J, Leaver S, Flaatten H, Osmani V, Jung C. ICU-Mortality in Old and Very Old Patients Suffering From Sepsis and Septic Shock. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:697884. [PMID: 34307423 PMCID: PMC8299710 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.697884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Purpose: Old (>64 years) and very old (>79 years) intensive care patients with sepsis have a high mortality. In the very old, the value of critical care has been questioned. We aimed to compare the mortality, rates of organ support, and the length of stay in old vs. very old patients with sepsis and septic shock in intensive care. Methods: This analysis included 9,385 patients, from the multi-center eICU Collaborative Research Database, with sepsis; 6184 were old (aged 65–79 years), and 3,201 were very old patients (aged 80 years and older). A multi-level logistic regression analysis was used to fit three sequential regression models for the binary primary outcome of ICU mortality. A sensitivity analysis in septic shock patients (n = 1054) was also conducted. Results: In the very old patients, the median length of stay was shorter (50 ± 67 vs. 56 ± 72 h; p < 0.001), and the rate of a prolonged ICU stay was lower (>168 h; 9 vs. 12%; p < 0.001) than the old patients. The mortality from sepsis was higher in very old patients (13 vs. 11%; p = 0.005), and after multi-variable adjustment being very old was associated with higher odds for ICU mortality (aOR 1.32, 95% CI 1.09–1.59; p = 0.004). In patients with septic shock, mortality was also higher in the very old patients (38 vs. 36%; aOR 1.50, 95% CI 1.10–2.06; p = 0.01). Conclusion: Very old ICU-patients suffer from a slightly higher ICU mortality compared with old ICU-patients. However, despite the statistically significant differences in mortality, the clinical relevance of such minor differences seems to be negligible.
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- Raphael Romano Bruno
- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France.,INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine Division, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Research Lead Critical Care Directorate St George's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Intensive Care, Anesthesia and Surgical Services, Haukeland University Hospital Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Fondazione Bruno Kessler Research Institute, Trento, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Fronczek J, Polok K, de Lange DW, Jung C, Beil M, Rhodes A, Fjølner J, Górka J, Andersen FH, Artigas A, Cecconi M, Christensen S, Joannidis M, Leaver S, Marsh B, Morandi A, Moreno R, Oeyen S, Agvald-Öhman C, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Valentin A, Walther S, Watson X, Zafeiridis T, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Flaatten H, Guidet B, Szczeklik W. Relationship between the Clinical Frailty Scale and short-term mortality in patients ≥ 80 years old acutely admitted to the ICU: a prospective cohort study. Crit Care 2021; 25:231. [PMID: 34210358 PMCID: PMC8247215 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03632-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is frequently used to measure frailty in critically ill adults. There is wide variation in the approach to analysing the relationship between the CFS score and mortality after admission to the ICU. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of modelling approach on the association between the CFS score and short-term mortality and quantify the prognostic value of frailty in this context.
Methods We analysed data from two multicentre prospective cohort studies which enrolled intensive care unit patients ≥ 80 years old in 26 countries. The primary outcome was mortality within 30-days from admission to the ICU. Logistic regression models for both ICU and 30-day mortality included the CFS score as either a categorical, continuous or dichotomous variable and were adjusted for patient’s age, sex, reason for admission to the ICU, and admission Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score. Results The median age in the sample of 7487 consecutive patients was 84 years (IQR 81–87). The highest fraction of new prognostic information from frailty in the context of 30-day mortality was observed when the CFS score was treated as either a categorical variable using all original levels of frailty or a nonlinear continuous variable and was equal to 9% using these modelling approaches (p < 0.001). The relationship between the CFS score and mortality was nonlinear (p < 0.01). Conclusion Knowledge about a patient’s frailty status adds a substantial amount of new prognostic information at the moment of admission to the ICU. Arbitrary simplification of the CFS score into fewer groups than originally intended leads to a loss of information and should be avoided. Trial registration NCT03134807 (VIP1), NCT03370692 (VIP2) Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13054-021-03632-3.
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- Jakub Fronczek
- Department of Medicine, Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, ul. Skawińska 8, 31 - 066, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, ul. Skawińska 8, 31 - 066, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, London, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Århus, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, ul. Skawińska 8, 31 - 066, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway.,Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
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- Critical Care Department, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Via Alessandro Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, MI, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Rozzano, MI, Italy
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Research Lead Critical Care Directorate St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Rehabilitation Hospital Ancelle di Cremona Italy, Geriatric Research Group, Brescia, Italy
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa (Nova Médical School), Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive Care, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: Epidémiologie Hospitalière Qualité et Organisation des Soins, Sorbonne Universités, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 75012, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, ul. Skawińska 8, 31 - 066, Kraków, Poland.
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Jung C, Wernly B, Fjølner J, Bruno RR, Dudzinski D, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Wolff G, Kelm M, Beil M, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Czuczwar M, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Zafeiridis T, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Cecconi M, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B, Flaatten H. Steroid use in elderly critically ill COVID-19 patients. Eur Respir J 2021; 58:13993003.00979-2021. [PMID: 34172464 PMCID: PMC8246007 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00979-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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More than a year after the onset of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, treating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a challenge. In contrast to the rapid development of effective vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the development of specific and effective therapeutics against COVID-19 remains largely unresolved. This secondary analysis of the COVIP study shows a higher 30-day mortality in critically ill elderly COVID-19 patients who received steroids as part of their treatment @cjungMDhttps://bit.ly/3xdyEur
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- Christian Jung
- Medical Faculty, Dept of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Dept of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Dept of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Medical Faculty, Dept of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Medical Faculty, Dept of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Dept of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Dept of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Dept of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Dept of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 2nd Dept of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Dept of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Dept Of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway.,Dept of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Dept of Anaesthesia IRCCS, Instituto Clínico Humanitas, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de réanimation médicale, Paris, France
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- Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de réanimation médicale, Paris, France
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- Dept of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Wernly B, Beil M, Bruno RR, Binnebössel S, Kelm M, Sigal S, van Heerden PV, Boumendil A, Artigas A, Cecconi M, Marsh B, Moreno R, Oeyen S, Bollen Pinto B, Szczeklik W, Leaver S, Walther SM, Schefold JC, Joannidis M, Fjølner J, Zafeiridis T, de Lange D, Guidet B, Flaatten H, Jung C. Provision of critical care for the elderly in Europe: a retrospective comparison of national healthcare frameworks in intensive care units. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e046909. [PMID: 34083342 PMCID: PMC8183284 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES In Europe, there is a distinction between two different healthcare organisation systems, the tax-based healthcare system (THS) and the social health insurance system (SHI). Our aim was to investigate whether the characteristics, treatment and mortality of older, critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) differed between THS and SHI. SETTING ICUs in 16 European countries. PARTICIPANTS In total, 7817 critically ill older (≥80 years) patients were included in this study, 4941 in THS and 2876 in the SHI systems. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES MEASURES We chose generalised estimation equations with robust standard errors to produce population average adjusted OR (aOR). We adjusted for patient-specific variables, health economic data, including gross domestic product (GDP) and human development index (HDI), and treatment strategies. RESULTS In SHI systems, there were higher rates of frail patients (Clinical Frailty Scale>4; 46% vs 41%; p<0.001), longer length of ICU stays (90±162 vs 72±134 hours; p<0.001) and increased levels of organ support. The ICU mortality (aOR 1.50, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.06; p=0.01) was consistently higher in the SHI; however, the 30-day mortality (aOR 0.89, 95% CI 0.66 to 1.21; p=0.47) was similar between THS and SHI. In a sensitivity analysis stratifying for the health economic data, the 30-day mortality was higher in SHI, in low GDP per capita (aOR 2.17, 95% CI 1.42 to 3.58) and low HDI (aOR 1.22, 95% CI 1.64 to 2.20) settings. CONCLUSIONS The 30-day mortality was similar in both systems. Patients in SHI were older, sicker and frailer at baseline, which could be interpreted as a sign for a more liberal admission policy in SHI. We believe that the observed trend towards ICU excess mortality in SHI results mainly from a more liberal admission policy and an increase in treatment limitations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS NCT03134807 and NCT03370692.
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- Bernhard Wernly
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Center for Public Health and Healthcare Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- service de réanimation médicale, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Depatment of Intensive Care Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain
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- Critical Care Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Intensive Care, UCINC, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Intensive Care, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- General Intensive Care, Research Lead Critical Care Directorate St George's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Linköping, Sweden
- Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
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- Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division o Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Dept. Medicine, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Critical Care, General University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Thessaly, Greece
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Service de Réanimation, Service de Réanimation Médicale Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
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Jung C, Flaatten H, Fjølner J, Bruno RR, Wernly B, Artigas A, Bollen Pinto B, Schefold JC, Wolff G, Kelm M, Beil M, Sviri S, van Heerden PV, Szczeklik W, Czuczwar M, Elhadi M, Joannidis M, Oeyen S, Zafeiridis T, Marsh B, Andersen FH, Moreno R, Cecconi M, Leaver S, Boumendil A, De Lange DW, Guidet B. The impact of frailty on survival in elderly intensive care patients with COVID-19: the COVIP study. Crit Care 2021; 25:149. [PMID: 33874987 PMCID: PMC8054503 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03551-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has led highly developed healthcare systems to the brink of collapse due to the large numbers of patients being admitted into hospitals. One of the potential prognostic indicators in patients with COVID-19 is frailty. The degree of frailty could be used to assist both the triage into intensive care, and decisions regarding treatment limitations. Our study sought to determine the interaction of frailty and age in elderly COVID-19 ICU patients. METHODS A prospective multicentre study of COVID-19 patients ≥ 70 years admitted to intensive care in 138 ICUs from 28 countries was conducted. The primary endpoint was 30-day mortality. Frailty was assessed using the clinical frailty scale. Additionally, comorbidities, management strategies and treatment limitations were recorded. RESULTS The study included 1346 patients (28% female) with a median age of 75 years (IQR 72-78, range 70-96), 16.3% were older than 80 years, and 21% of the patients were frail. The overall survival at 30 days was 59% (95% CI 56-62), with 66% (63-69) in fit, 53% (47-61) in vulnerable and 41% (35-47) in frail patients (p < 0.001). In frail patients, there was no difference in 30-day survival between different age categories. Frailty was linked to an increased use of treatment limitations and less use of mechanical ventilation. In a model controlling for age, disease severity, sex, treatment limitations and comorbidities, frailty was independently associated with lower survival. CONCLUSION Frailty provides relevant prognostic information in elderly COVID-19 patients in addition to age and comorbidities. Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT04321265 , registered 19 March 2020.
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- Christian Jung
- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Corporacion Sanitaria Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Universitätsspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- 2nd Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica 16, 20-081, Lublin, Poland
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- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Intensive Care 1K12IC, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ålesund Hospital, Ålesund, Norway.,Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Neurocríticos e Trauma, Hospital de São José, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Lisboa, Nova Médical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Anaesthesia, IRCCS Instituto Clínico Humanitas, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- General Intensive Care, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, 75012, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, INSERM, UMR_S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Equipe: épidémiologie hospitalière qualité et organisation des soins, 75012, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, service de réanimation médicale, 75012, Paris, France
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Beil M, van Heerden PV, Sviri S, Flaatten H. Comment on: Rethinking ICU readmission and timelimited trial in the contingency capacity. J Crit Care 2021; 68:173. [PMID: 33579614 PMCID: PMC8902838 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Michael Beil
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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van Heerden PV, Sviri S, Beil M, Szczeklik W, de Lange D, Jung C, Guidet B, Leaver S, Rhodes A, Boumendil A, Flaatten H. The wave of very old people in the intensive care unit-A challenge in decision-making. J Crit Care 2020; 60:290-293. [PMID: 32949896 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In this paper the authors express the opinion that there is much to be learned about the 80+ year old age group as it relates to critical care and end-of-life matters. We need to learn how to better predict outcome, we need to learn our limitations and deal with uncertainties, we need to better communicate with our elderly patients and their caregivers and we need to engage with our colleagues in Geriatrics. There is a wave of very old people arriving in the intensive care unit and we have much to do to prepare for it and for the ethical, fair and appropriate care of these critically ill, but elderly, patients.
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Health Sciences at PTHV, Pallottistr. 3, 56179 Vallendar, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center, University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University of Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universite, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidemiomlogie et de Sante Publique Hopital Saint-Antoine, Service de Reanimation, Paris, France
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Berkowitz A, Batzofin B, Nachshon A, Kuzmina N, Pizov R, Levin V, van Heerden PV. “I have beard permission for all the patients!”. J Crit Care 2020; 58:105. [PMID: 32417606 PMCID: PMC7211724 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Trahtemberg U, Darawshe F, Elazary R, Ginsburg I, Beil M, van Heerden PV, Sviri S. Longitudinal patterns of cytokine expression at the individual level in humans after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. J Cell Mol Med 2020; 24:6622-6633. [PMID: 32336016 PMCID: PMC7299711 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.15309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The study of the human response to injury has been hampered by the inherent heterogeneity in the models and methods used. By studying a standard injury longitudinally, using individual patient‐level analysis, we endeavoured to better describe its dynamics. We analysed clinical variables, clinical laboratory and plasma cytokines from 20 patients at five time points. Clustering analysis showed two prototype patterns of cytokine behaviour: a concordant type, where cytokines behave the same way for all patients (notably IL‐0 and TNFα), and a variable type, where different patterns of expression are seen for different patients (notably IL‐8, IL‐6 and IL‐1RA). Analysis of the cytokines at the individual patient‐level showed a strong four‐way correlation between IL‐1RA, GCSF, MIP‐1β and MCP‐1. As it holds for most patients and not just on average, this suggests that they form a network which may play a central role in the response to gastro‐intestinal injuries in humans. In conclusion, the longitudinal analysis of cytokines in a standard model allowed the identification of their underlying patterns of expression. We propose that the two prototype patterns shown may reflect the mechanism that separates the common and individual aspects of the injury response.
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- Uriel Trahtemberg
- General Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Surgery Department, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute for Dental Sciences, Hebrew University Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.,Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule der Pallottiner, Institute of Health Sciences, Vallendar, Germany
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Gillis A, Beil M, Halevi-Tobias K, van Heerden PV, Sviri S, Agur Z. Alleviation of exhaustion-induced immunosuppression and sepsis by immune checkpoint blockers sequentially administered with antibiotics-analysis of a new mathematical model. Intensive Care Med Exp 2019; 7:32. [PMID: 31187301 PMCID: PMC6560115 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-019-0260-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Sepsis-associated immune dysregulation, involving hyper-inflammation and immunosuppression, is common in intensive care patients, often leading to multiple organ dysfunction and death. The aim of this study was to identify the main driving force underlying immunosuppression in sepsis, and to suggest new therapeutic avenues for controlling this immune impairment and alleviating excessive pathogen load. Methods We developed two minimalistic (skeletal) mathematical models of pathogen-associated inflammation, which focus on the dynamics of myeloid, lymphocyte, and pathogen numbers in blood. Both models rely on the assumption that the presence of the pathogen causes a bias in hematopoietic stem cell differentiation toward the myeloid developmental line. Also in one of the models, we assumed that continuous exposure to pathogens induces lymphocyte exhaustion. In addition, we also created therapy models, both by antibiotics and by immunotherapy with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors. Assuming realistic parameter ranges, we simulated the pathogen-associated inflammation models in silico with or without various antibiotic and immunotherapy schedules. Results Computer simulations of the two models show that the assumption of lymphocyte exhaustion is a prerequisite for attaining sepsis-associated immunosuppression, and that the ability of the innate and adaptive immune systems to control infections depends on the pathogen’s replication rate. Simulation results further show that combining antibiotics with immune checkpoint blockers can suffice for defeating even an aggressive pathogen within a relatively short period. This is so as long as the drugs are administered soon after diagnosis. In contrast, when applied as monotherapies, antibiotics or immune checkpoint blockers fall short of eliminating aggressive pathogens in reasonable time. Conclusions Our results suggest that lymphocyte exhaustion crucially drives immunosuppression in sepsis, and that one can efficiently resolve both immunosuppression and pathogenesis by timely coupling of antibiotics with an immune checkpoint blocker, but not by either one of these two treatment modalities alone. Following experimental validation, our model can be adapted to explore the potential of other therapeutic options in this field. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40635-019-0260-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Avi Gillis
- Institute for Medical BioMathematics, 10 Hate'ena St, P.O.B. 282, 60991, Bene Ataroth, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, 9112001, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute for Medical BioMathematics, 10 Hate'ena St, P.O.B. 282, 60991, Bene Ataroth, Israel
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- General Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, 9112001, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, PO Box 12000, 9112001, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute for Medical BioMathematics, 10 Hate'ena St, P.O.B. 282, 60991, Bene Ataroth, Israel.
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Gesser-Edelsburg A, Cohen R, Halavi AM, Zemach M, van Heerden PV, Sviri S, Benenson S, Trahtemberg U, Orenbuch-Harroch E, Lowenstein L, Shteinberg D, Salmon A, Moses A. Beyond the hospital infection control guidelines: a qualitative study using positive deviance to characterize gray areas and to achieve efficacy and clarity in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2018; 7:124. [PMID: 30386593 PMCID: PMC6201509 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-018-0418-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The literature is replete with attempts to design and promote customized guidelines to reduce infections during the care continuum. Paradoxically, these efforts sometimes result in gray areas where many staff members are unaware of what is required of them, which then leads to confusion, frustration, and uncertainty. We coined the phrase “gray areas” in this context to encompass the variety of situations on the care continuum that are not addressed in the accepted guidelines, and where staff members are unsure of how to proceed. The purpose of the present study was to characterize the gray areas that were reported by staff and to identify the practices of Positive Deviance (PD) individuals. We define to PD individuals as people who independently develop creative solutions to solve problems not identified by the majority in their community. Methods A qualitative constructivist research methodology was used that included personal interviews, observations and video recordings of identified PD practices to enhance infection control. The study was conducted January through March 2018, in two Intensive Care Units (ICU) units at Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. Personal interviews were conducted with 82 staff members from the General ICU (GICU) and Medical ICU (MICU). Results The study confirmed that guidelines cannot cover all the different situations that arise during the care continuum and can paradoxically result in the increased spread of hospital infections. Our study found there are numerous individuals who independently develop and implement solutions for gray areas. The creative and practical solutions of PD individuals can address the barriers and difficulties on the care continuum that were encountered by the staff in their communities. For example, inserting a central venous line is a complex practice in the general guidelines, while the PDs provided clear situation-specific solutions not covered in the guidelines. Conclusions The recommendations of the present study are to encourage hospital personnel to create their own solutions for various situations on the care continuum, and to disseminate them within their units to achieve a bottom up change, in lieu of investing in new or specific written guidelines. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13756-018-0418-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Anat Gesser-Edelsburg
- 1School of Public Health, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, 3498838 Haifa, Israel.,2The Health and Risk Communication Research Center, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, 3498838 Haifa, Israel
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- 1School of Public Health, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, 3498838 Haifa, Israel
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- 1School of Public Health, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, 3498838 Haifa, Israel
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- Midgam Consulting & Research Ltd., 7 Metsada St, 5126112 Bnei Brak, Israel
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- 4Hadassah University Medical Center. Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- 4Hadassah University Medical Center. Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- 4Hadassah University Medical Center. Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- 4Hadassah University Medical Center. Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- 5Rambam Health Care Campus, P.O. Box 9602, 3109601 Haifa, Israel
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- 6Bnai Zion Medical Center, 47 Golomb St, P.O.B. 4940, 3104802 Haifa, Israel
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- 4Hadassah University Medical Center. Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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- 4Hadassah University Medical Center. Ein Kerem, P.O. Box 12000, 9112001 Jerusalem, Israel
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Regli A, De Keulenaer BL, Palermo A, van Heerden PV. Positive end-expiratory pressure adjusted for intra-abdominal pressure - A pilot study. J Crit Care 2017; 43:390-394. [PMID: 29054769 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is associated with impaired respiratory function. Animal data suggest that positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels adjusted to intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) levels may counteract IAH-induced respiratory dysfunction. In this pilot study, our aim was to assess whether PEEP adjusted for IAP can be applied safely in patients with IAH. MATERIALS AND METHODS We included patients on mechanical ventilation and with IAH. Patients were excluded with severe cardiovascular dysfunction or severe hypoxemia or if the patient was in imminent danger of dying. Following a recruitment manoeuvre, the following PEEP levels were randomly applied: PEEP of 5cmH2O (baseline), PEEP=50% of IAP, and PEEP=100% of IAP. After a 30min equilibration period we measured arterial blood gases and cardio-respiratory parameters. RESULTS Fifteen patients were enrolled. Six (41%) patients did not tolerate PEEP=100% IAP due to hypoxemia, hypotension or endotracheal cuff leak. PaO2/FiO2 ratios were 234 (68), 271 (99), and 329 (107) respectively. The differences were significant (p=0.009) only between baseline and PEEP=100% IAP. CONCLUSIONS PEEP=100% of IAP was not well-tolerated and only marginally improved oxygenation in ventilated patients with IAH.
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- Adrian Regli
- Intensive Care Unit, Fremantle Hospital, Alma Street, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia; Intensive Care Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley, (Perth) WA 6009, Australia; Medical School, The Notre Dame University, Henry Road, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia.
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- Intensive Care Unit, Fremantle Hospital, Alma Street, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia; Intensive Care Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; School of Surgery, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley, (Perth) WA 6009, Australia.
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- Intensive Care Unit, Fremantle Hospital, Alma Street, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia; Intensive Care Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
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- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley, (Perth) WA 6009, Australia; General Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Kiryat Hadassah, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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Regli A, De Keulenaer BL, Singh B, Hockings LE, Noffsinger B, van Heerden PV. The respiratory pressure-abdominal volume curve in a porcine model. Intensive Care Med Exp 2017; 5:11. [PMID: 28243924 PMCID: PMC5328886 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-017-0124-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Increasing intra-abdominal volume (IAV) can lead to intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) or abdominal compartment syndrome. Both are associated with raised morbidity and mortality. IAH can increase airway pressures and impair ventilation. The relationship between increasing IAV and airway pressures is not known. We therefore assessed the effect of increasing IAV on airway and intra-abdominal pressures (IAP). Methods Seven pigs (41.4 +/−8.5 kg) received standardized anesthesia and mechanical ventilation. A latex balloon inserted in the peritoneal cavity was inflated in 1-L increments until IAP exceeded 40 cmH2O. Peak airway pressure (pPAW), respiratory compliance, and IAP (bladder pressure) were measured. Abdominal compliance was calculated. Different equations were tested that best described the measured pressure-volume curves. Results An exponential equation best described the measured pressure-volume curves. Raising IAV increased pPAW and IAP in an exponential manner. Increases in IAP were associated with parallel increases in pPAW with an approximate 40% transmission of IAP to pPAW. The higher the IAP, the greater IAV effected pPAW and IAP. Conclusions The exponential nature of the effect of IAV on pPAW and IAP implies that, in the presence of high grades of IAH, small reductions in IAV can lead to significant reductions in airway and abdominal pressures. Conversely, in the presence of normal IAP levels, large increases in IAV may not affect airway and abdominal pressures. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40635-017-0124-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Adrian Regli
- Intensive Care Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch (Perth), WA, 6150, Australia. .,Intensive Care Unit, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia. .,School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia. .,Medical School, The Notre Dame University, Henry Road, Fremantle (Perth), WA, 6959, Australia.
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- Intensive Care Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, 102-118 Murdoch Drive, Murdoch (Perth), WA, 6150, Australia.,School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia.,Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia.,West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, QE II Medical Centre, Nedlands (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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- Intensive Care Unit, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia.,Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran (Melbourne), VIC, 3181, Australia
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- Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia.,West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, QE II Medical Centre, Nedlands (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia
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- Intensive Care Unit, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Hospital Avenue, Nedlands (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia.,School of Medicine and Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley (Perth), WA, 6009, Australia.,General Intensive Care Unit, Hadassah University Hospital, Kiryat Hadassah, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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Ginsburg I, van Heerden PV, Koren E. From amino acids polymers, antimicrobial peptides, and histones, to their possible role in the pathogenesis of septic shock: a historical perspective. J Inflamm Res 2017; 10:7-15. [PMID: 28203100 PMCID: PMC5293372 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s126150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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This paper describes the evolution of our understanding of the biological role played by synthetic and natural antimicrobial cationic peptides and by the highly basic nuclear histones as modulators of infection, postinfectious sequelae, trauma, and coagulation phenomena. The authors discuss the effects of the synthetic polymers of basic poly α amino acids, poly l-lysine, and poly l-arginine on blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, bacterial killing, and blood vessels; the properties of natural and synthetic antimicrobial cationic peptides as potential replacements or adjuncts to antibiotics; polycations as opsonizing agents promoting endocytosis/phagocytosis; polycations and muramidases as activators of autolytic wall enzymes in bacteria, causing bacteriolysis and tissue damage; and polycations and nuclear histones as potential virulence factors and as markers of sepsis, septic shock, disseminated intravasclar coagulopathy, acute lung injury, pancreatitis, trauma, and other additional clinical disorders.
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- Isaac Ginsburg
- Institute of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- Institute of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Ginsburg I, Koren E, Trahtemberg U, van Heerden PV. Is Histone a Solitary Vile Sepsis-Inducing Agent or Just "a Member of the Gang"? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Avitzur Y, van Heerden PV, Dayan L, Pintel O, Skopek J, Siman-Tov Y, McClave S, Bassi GL, Torres A, Singer P. Development of a device to reduce gastro-esophageal reflux in critically ill patients. Clinical Nutrition Experimental 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yclnex.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Williams TA, Leslie GD, Dobb GJ, Roberts B, van Heerden PV. Decrease in proven ventriculitis by reducing the frequency of cerebrospinal fluid sampling from extraventricular drains. J Neurosurg 2011; 115:1040-6. [PMID: 21800964 DOI: 10.3171/2011.6.jns11167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECT Ventriculitis associated with extraventricular drains (EVD) increases rates of morbidity and mortality as well as costs. Surveillance samples of CSF are taken routinely from EVD, but there is no consensus on the optimum frequency of sampling. The goal of this study was to assess whether the incidence of ventriculitis changed when CSF sampling frequency was reduced once every 3 days. METHODS After receiving institutional ethics committee approval for their project, the authors compared a prospective sample of EVD-treated patients (admitted 2008-2009) and a historical comparison group (admitted 2005-2007) at two tertiary hospital ICUs. A broad definition of ventriculitis included suspected ventriculitis (that is, treated with antibiotics for ventriculitis) and proven ventriculitis (positive CSF culture). Adult ICU patients with no preexisting neurological infection were enrolled in the study. After staff was provided with an education package, sampling of CSF was changed from daily to once every 3 days. All other management of the EVD remained unchanged. More frequent sampling was permitted if clinically indicated during the third daily sampling phase. RESULTS Two hundred seven patients were recruited during the daily sampling phase and 176 patients when sampling was reduced to once every 3 days. The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score was lower for the daily sampling group than for the every-3rd-day group (18.6 vs 20.3, respectively; p < 0.01), but there was no difference in mean age (47 and 45 years, respectively; p = 0.14), male or female sex (61% and 59%, respectively; p = 0.68), or median EVD duration in the ICU (4.9 and 5.8 days, respectively; p = 0.14). Most patients were admitted with subarachnoid hemorrhage (42% in the daily group and 33% in the every-3rd-day group) or traumatic head injuries (29% and 36%, respectively). The incidence of ventriculitis decreased from 17% to 11% overall and for proven ventriculitis from 10% to 3% once sampling frequency was reduced. Sampling of CSF once every 3 days was independently associated with ventriculitis (OR 0.44, 95% CI 0.22-0.88, p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS Reducing the frequency of CSF sampling to once every 3 days was associated with a significant decrease in the incidence of ventriculitis. The authors suggest that CSF sampling should therefore be performed once every 3 days in the absence of clinical indicators of ventriculitis. Reducing frequency of CSF sampling from EVDs decreased proven ventriculitis.
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- Teresa A Williams
- Discipline of Emergency Medicine, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care, Nedlands, Australia.
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