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Jin S, Yin JB, Li W, Zang LL. Effect of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio on prognosis of elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with diabetes mellitus. BMC Geriatr 2024; 24:211. [PMID: 38424501 PMCID: PMC10905898 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-04757-0] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND To investigate the predictive value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in the short-term prognosis of elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS The clinical data of 162 elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with DM from January 2018 to December 2022 were retrospectively collected. These patients were divided into a survival group (n = 104) and a death group (n = 58) according to 90-day prognosis. The number of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and NLR were compared. The optimal cut-off value for NLR to predict 90-day prognosis in elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with DM was determined using Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curves, and the patients were divided into high and low NLR groups depending on the optimal cut-off value. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to plot the survival curves of the high and low NLR groups. Risk factors for the 90-day death in elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with DM were analyzed by a multivariate cox regression model. RESULTS There were no significant differences in gender, age, history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia, intensive care unit (ICU) stay, duration of mechanical ventilation, and oxygenation index between the survival group and death group (p > 0.05). However, acute physiological and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) scores, and sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA) scores were significantly lower in the survival group compared with the death group (p < 0.05). In the survival group, neutrophils counts and NLR were much lower than those in the death group, while lymphocytes counts were much higher (p < 0.05). ROC curves showed that the optimal cut-off value for NLR to predict 90-day mortality in elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with DM was 3.482. Patients were divided into high NLR and low NLR groups based on whether NLR was ≥ 3.482. In terms of the log-rank test results, patients in the low NLR group had a significantly higher 90-day survival rate than those in the high NLR group (Logrank χ2 = 8.635, p = 0.003). The multivariate cox regression model showed that the length of ICU stay longer than 15 days and NLR ≥ 3.482 were independent risk factors for 90-day prognosis in elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with DM. CONCLUSION NLR ≥ 3.482 can be used to predict whether poor prognosis occurs in the short term after illness in elderly patients with severe sepsis combined with DM, and has good assessment value.
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- Shan Jin
- Department of Neurology, Shandong Province 960th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, 250031, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Neurology, Shandong Province 960th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, 250031, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shandong Province 960th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, 250031, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Shandong Province 960th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, 250031, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Leavitt NJ, Kazi US, Cromwell R, Modi F. Unique Case of Severe Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Failure in the Setting of Aseptic Epiploic Appendagitis of the Descending Colon. Korean J Gastroenterol 2023; 82:300-303. [PMID: 38130000 DOI: 10.4166/kjg.2023.111] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is an uncommon intraabdominal pathology resulting in transient, localized pain. The condition is caused by ischemia of one of the epiploic appendages, which are distributed axially along the length of the colon. EA is often mistaken for other more common etiologies of an acute abdomen. Generally, the patients experience focal abdominal pain with no further symptoms or laboratory abnormalities. The authors encountered a 79-year-old male with severe sepsis and acute respiratory failure requiring intubation. He recovered rapidly after the identification and removal of a single EA. This paper reports the first case of EA leading to the systemic dysregulation of sepsis.
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- Nathaniel J Leavitt
- Department of Internal Medicine, HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Inverness, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Inverness, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Inverness, FL, USA
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- Pulmonology and Critical Care, HCA Florida Citrus Hospital, Inverness, FL, USA
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Cranston T, Thompson K, Bowles KH. The Role and Initiatives Led by the Sepsis Coordinator to Improve Sepsis Bundle Compliance and Care Across the Continuum. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2023; 35:413-424. [PMID: 37838416 DOI: 10.1016/j.cnc.2023.05.006] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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A dedicated sepsis coordinator role at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital led initiatives to improve sepsis core measure compliance by 40% during the course of 4 years with submission of all sepsis cases. Chart abstraction and analysis of noncompliant cases identified areas for improvement: early recognition education, order set revisions, documentation support, and the implementation of a nurse-driven 24/7 sepsis monitoring process. The cooperative work with Penn Medicine affiliates, sharing best practices, improves overall sepsis bundle compliance and transitions of care. Ongoing achievements acknowledge the value of building relationships and leading improvements through the collaborative efforts of interprofessional teams.
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- Teresa Cranston
- Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, 555 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA
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- Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, 555 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA.
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- University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 418 Curie Boulevard, Claire M. Fagin Hall, Room 340, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Fan Z, Kernan KF, Qin Y, Canna S, Berg RA, Wessel D, Pollack MM, Meert K, Hall M, Newth C, Lin JC, Doctor A, Shanley T, Cornell T, Harrison RE, Zuppa AF, Sward K, Dean JM, Park HJ, Carcillo JA. Hyperferritinemic sepsis, macrophage activation syndrome, and mortality in a pediatric research network: a causal inference analysis. Crit Care 2023; 27:347. [PMID: 37674218 PMCID: PMC10481565 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-023-04628-x] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND One of five global deaths are attributable to sepsis. Hyperferritinemic sepsis (> 500 ng/mL) is associated with increased mortality in single-center studies. Our pediatric research network's objective was to obtain rationale for designing anti-inflammatory clinical trials targeting hyperferritinemic sepsis. METHODS We assessed differences in 32 cytokines, immune depression (low whole blood ex vivo TNF response to endotoxin) and thrombotic microangiopathy (low ADAMTS13 activity) biomarkers, seven viral DNAemias, and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) defined by combined hepatobiliary dysfunction and disseminated intravascular coagulation, and mortality in 117 children with hyperferritinemic sepsis (ferritin level > 500 ng/mL) compared to 280 children with sepsis without hyperferritinemia. Causal inference analysis of these 41 variables, MAS, and mortality was performed. RESULTS Mortality was increased in children with hyperferritinemic sepsis (27/117, 23% vs 16/280, 5.7%; Odds Ratio = 4.85, 95% CI [2.55-9.60]; z = 4.728; P-value < 0.0001). Hyperferritinemic sepsis had higher C-reactive protein, sCD163, IL-22, IL-18, IL-18 binding protein, MIG/CXCL9, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17a, IFN-γ, IP10/CXCL10, MCP-1/CCL2, MIP-1α, MIP-1β, TNF, MCP-3, IL-2RA (sCD25), IL-16, M-CSF, and SCF levels; lower ADAMTS13 activity, sFasL, whole blood ex vivo TNF response to endotoxin, and TRAIL levels; more Adenovirus, BK virus, and multiple virus DNAemias; and more MAS (P-value < 0.05). Among these variables, only MCP-1/CCL2 (the monocyte chemoattractant protein), MAS, and ferritin levels were directly causally associated with mortality. MCP-1/CCL2 and hyperferritinemia showed direct causal association with depressed ex vivo whole blood TNF response to endotoxin. MCP-1/CCL2 was a mediator of MAS. MCP-1/CCL2 and MAS were mediators of hyperferritinemia. CONCLUSIONS These findings establish hyperferritinemic sepsis as a high-risk condition characterized by increased cytokinemia, viral DNAemia, thrombotic microangiopathy, immune depression, macrophage activation syndrome, and death. The causal analysis provides rationale for designing anti-inflammatory trials that reduce macrophage activation to improve survival and enhance infection clearance in pediatric hyperferritinemic sepsis.
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- Zhenziang Fan
- Department of Computer Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty Pavilion, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Center for Critical Care Nephrology and Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 2000, 4400 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15421, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
- Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital Immune Surveillance Laboratory, and Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty Pavilion, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Center for Critical Care Nephrology and Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 2000, 4400 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15421, USA.
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Zhao C, Yin Y, Zhang T, Li J, Zhou X, Wang Y, Wang W, Wang Q, Jin Y. Dexmedetomidine improves the outcomes for pediatric severe sepsis with mechanical ventilation. BMC Pediatr 2023; 23:406. [PMID: 37596542 PMCID: PMC10436587 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04232-6] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The sedative dexmedetomidine has been shown to reduce mortality in adult patients with severe sepsis, but it is not known whether children benefit. This study explored the effects of dexmedetomidine on the outcomes of children with severe sepsis with mechanical ventilation. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, children with severe sepsis requiring mechanical ventilation from 2016 to 2020 were categorized as dexmedetomidine and non-dexmedetomidine group. The propensity score matching was performed to match cases in both groups. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality, and the secondary outcomes were acute kidney injury, ventilator-free days, lengths of PICU and hospital stays. The Kaplan-Meier method and was the log-rank test used to estimate the 28-day mortality rate and assess between-group differences. RESULTS In total, 250 patients were eligible patients: 138 in the dexmedetomidine group and 112 in the non-dexmedetomidine group. After 1:1 propensity score matching, 61 children in each group. dexmedetomidine group showed more lower 28-day mortality (9.84% vs. 26.23%, P = 0.008). During the 7-day observation period after PICU admission, the dexmedetomidine group showed significantly lower neurological and renal sub-scores at day 7 and serum creatinine level at day 3 and day 7. There were no statistical differences in the incidence of acute kidney injury, ventilator-free days, lengths of PICU and hospital stays between the two groups. CONCLUSIONS dexmedetomidine treatment in children with severe sepsis is associated with better outcomes and should therefore be considered for the sedation strategy.
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- Chun Zhao
- Department of Pediatric intensive care unit, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric intensive care unit, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Qingdao Women and Children Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Scientific research department, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric intensive care unit, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric intensive care unit, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric intensive care unit, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China
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- Department of Pediatric intensive care unit, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province, P.R. China.
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Liu P, Chen D, Lou J, Lin J, Huang C, Zou Y, Wong C, Wu H, Yan G, Liu J, Zhou Z, Gao F, Gao L, Long G, Ma L, Dai S, Qu W, Mo L, Shang S, Xu J. Heparin-binding protein as a biomarker of severe sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit: A multicenter, prospective study. Clin Chim Acta 2023; 539:26-33. [PMID: 36460135 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2022.11.028] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to assess Heparin-binding protein (HBP) as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of severe sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). METHODS A multicenter, prospective study was conducted among children with sepsis in nine PICUs in China from October 2019 to June 2021. Plasma levels of HBP, procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate, and white blood cell (WBC) count were determined at enrollment and 72 h after enrollment. RESULTS Of 355 included patients, 132 patients were diagnosed with non-severe sepsis (referred to as sepsis), 223 patients had severe sepsis. Patients with severe sepsis had significantly elevated levels of HBP compared with sepsis (median 170.5 vs. 74.1 ng/mL, P < 0.001). Adding HBP to a diagnostic model with PCT and lactate could significantly improve the diagnostic capability for severe sepsis. The plasma levels of HBP correlated positively with the number of dysfunctional organs. After adjusting for confounding factors, the declined levels of HBP at 72 h had a significant association with decreased in-hospital mortality (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.242, P < 0.001). The levels of HBP showed weak positive correlations with PCT, CRP, WBC, and no correlation to lactate. CONCLUSIONS HBP at enrollment can be an independent indicator for severe sepsis and the dynamic changes at 72 h can be a predictor for in-hospital mortality in PICU.
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- Pengcheng Liu
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medcine, Hangzhou 310052, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Xiamen (Children's Hospital of Fudan University at Xiamen), Xiamen 361006, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha 410007, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Guiyang Children's Hospital, Guiyang 550003, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Xiamen (Children's Hospital of Fudan University at Xiamen), Xiamen 361006, China
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China
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- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Longgang Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen 510623, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510623, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing 100020, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Guiyang Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Guiyang Children's Hospital, Guiyang 550003, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha 410007, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medcine, Hangzhou 310052, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China; Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Khatana J, Thavamani A, Umapathi KK, Sankararaman S, Roy A. Increasing incidence of acute kidney injury in pediatric severe sepsis and related adverse hospital outcomes. Pediatr Nephrol 2023. [PMID: 36622440 DOI: 10.1007/00467-022-05866-x] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pediatric severe sepsis (PSS) is associated with increased mortality, and acute kidney injury (AKI) is an independent risk factor of mortality in PSS. However, there is little data on impact of AKI on hospital outcomes in PSS. METHODS We analyzed non-overlapping years of the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) and National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database between 2003 and 2019 of all pediatric patients with severe sepsis between 1 and 18 years of age. Using ICD diagnosis codes, patients were divided into two groups based on AKI status and compared for outcomes measures including in-hospital mortality and healthcare resource utilization using length of stay and inflation-adjusted hospitalization charges. RESULTS We analyzed 192,712 hospitalizations due to PSS during the 17-year period. Prevalence of AKI was 23.6% with overall increasing trend, P<0.001. Prevalence of AKI was significantly increased in patients with diabetes mellitus, organ transplantation, HIV, urinary tract anomalies, and malnutrition, P<0.001. Mortality rate was significantly higher among patients with AKI (19.8% vs. 8.1%, P<0.001). PSS with AKI had significantly higher median length of stay (14 vs. 11 days) and total hospitalization charges ($168,106 vs. 100,906), P<0.001. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that AKI without kidney replacement therapy (KRT) was associated with 3.02 times increased odds of mortality (95% CI 2.99-3.17, P<0.001) and those requiring KRT had 6.4 times increased odds of mortality (95%CI 6.1-6.7, P<0.001). AKI without KRT was associated with 7.7 (95% CI 7.3-8.05) additional days of hospitalization and 154,536 (95% CI 149,500-159,572) additional US dollars in hospitalization charges. CONCLUSION Almost 1 in 4 hospitalizations with PSS had AKI and was associated with >3 times increased risk of mortality and need for KRT further adversely impacts mortality and healthcare utilization. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.
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- Jasmine Khatana
- Department of Pediatrics, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Department of Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Department of Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
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Khatana J, Thavamani A, Umapathi KK, Sankararaman S, Roy A. Increasing incidence of acute kidney injury in pediatric severe sepsis and related adverse hospital outcomes. Pediatr Nephrol 2023:10.1007/s00467-022-05866-x. [PMID: 36622440 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-022-05866-x] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pediatric severe sepsis (PSS) is associated with increased mortality, and acute kidney injury (AKI) is an independent risk factor of mortality in PSS. However, there is little data on impact of AKI on hospital outcomes in PSS. METHODS We analyzed non-overlapping years of the Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) and National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database between 2003 and 2019 of all pediatric patients with severe sepsis between 1 and 18 years of age. Using ICD diagnosis codes, patients were divided into two groups based on AKI status and compared for outcomes measures including in-hospital mortality and healthcare resource utilization using length of stay and inflation-adjusted hospitalization charges. RESULTS We analyzed 192,712 hospitalizations due to PSS during the 17-year period. Prevalence of AKI was 23.6% with overall increasing trend, P<0.001. Prevalence of AKI was significantly increased in patients with diabetes mellitus, organ transplantation, HIV, urinary tract anomalies, and malnutrition, P<0.001. Mortality rate was significantly higher among patients with AKI (19.8% vs. 8.1%, P<0.001). PSS with AKI had significantly higher median length of stay (14 vs. 11 days) and total hospitalization charges ($168,106 vs. 100,906), P<0.001. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that AKI without kidney replacement therapy (KRT) was associated with 3.02 times increased odds of mortality (95% CI 2.99-3.17, P<0.001) and those requiring KRT had 6.4 times increased odds of mortality (95%CI 6.1-6.7, P<0.001). AKI without KRT was associated with 7.7 (95% CI 7.3-8.05) additional days of hospitalization and 154,536 (95% CI 149,500-159,572) additional US dollars in hospitalization charges. CONCLUSION Almost 1 in 4 hospitalizations with PSS had AKI and was associated with >3 times increased risk of mortality and need for KRT further adversely impacts mortality and healthcare utilization. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.
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- Jasmine Khatana
- Department of Pediatrics, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Department of Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Department of Pediatrics, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital/Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Metro Health Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
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DeShon B, Dummitt B, Allen J, Yount B. Prediction of sepsis onset in hospital admissions using survival analysis. J Clin Monit Comput 2022; 36:1611-1619. [PMID: 35076834 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-022-00804-6] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To determine the efficacy of modern survival analysis methods for predicting sepsis onset in ICU, emergency, medical/surgical, and TCU departments. We performed a retrospective analysis on ICU, med/surg, ED, and TCU cases from multiple Mercy Health hospitals from August 2018 to March 2020. Patients in these departments were monitored by the Mercy Virtual vSepsis team and sepsis cases were determined and documented in the Mercy EHR via a rule-based engine utilizing clinical data. We used survival-based modeling methods to predict sepsis onset in these cases. The three survival methods that were used to predict the onset of severe sepsis and septic shock produced AUC values > 0.85 and each provided a median lead time of > 20 h prior to disease onset. This methodology improves upon previous work by demonstrating excellent model performance when generalizing survival-based prediction methods to both severe sepsis and septic shock as well as non-ICU departments.IRB InformationTrial Registration ID: 1,532,327-1.Trial Effective Date: 12/02/2019.
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- Brandon DeShon
- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA.
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- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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- Mercy Health, 14528 S. Outer Forty, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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Miao H, Cui Y, Lu Y, Sun T, Dou J, Ren Y, Wang C, Zhang Y. Serum vimentin predicts mortality in pediatric severe sepsis: A prospective observational study. Int J Infect Dis 2022; 121:141-147. [PMID: 35568360 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Vascular hyperpermeability by loss of endothelial barrier integrity is a hallmark of sepsis. Vimentin is involved in the regulation of the endothelial function and inflammatory response. However, the serum level of vimentin and its clinical relevance in pediatric severe sepsis (PSS) remain unknown. METHODS We conducted a prospective study of PSS cases who were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from January 2018 to December 2020. RESULTS A total of 108 patients with PSS with a median age of 19.5 month were enrolled. The hospital mortality rate was 19.44% (21/108). Comparing with healthy controls, serum vimentin levels on PICU admission were significantly higher in patients with PSS (P < 0.001). The area under the ROC curve for vimentin to predict the hospital mortality was 0.712 (95% CI: 0.578-846) with a sensitivity of 71.43% and a specificity of 70.11%. Moreover, hospital mortality was significantly higher in patients with vimentin level over the cutoff value of 24.53 ng/ml than in patients with vimentin level below 24.53 ng/ml (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Serum vimentin level as an indicator of endothelial injury is associated with the prognosis of PSS, and serum vimentin level ≥24.53 ng/ml on PICU admission predicts high risk for hospital mortality in PSS.
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- Huijie Miao
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Infection, Immunity and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Clinical Research Unit, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Critical Care, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; Institute of Pediatric Infection, Immunity and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Qin Y, Kernan KF, Fan Z, Park HJ, Kim S, Canna SW, Kellum JA, Berg RA, Wessel D, Pollack MM, Meert K, Hall M, Newth C, Lin JC, Doctor A, Shanley T, Cornell T, Harrison RE, Zuppa AF, Banks R, Reeder RW, Holubkov R, Notterman DA, Michael Dean J, Carcillo JA. Machine learning derivation of four computable 24-h pediatric sepsis phenotypes to facilitate enrollment in early personalized anti-inflammatory clinical trials. Crit Care 2022; 26:128. [PMID: 35526000 PMCID: PMC9077858 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-03977-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Thrombotic microangiopathy-induced thrombocytopenia-associated multiple organ failure and hyperinflammatory macrophage activation syndrome are important causes of late pediatric sepsis mortality that are often missed or have delayed diagnosis. The National Institutes of General Medical Science sepsis research working group recommendations call for application of new research approaches in extant clinical data sets to improve efficiency of early trials of new sepsis therapies. Our objective is to apply machine learning approaches to derive computable 24-h sepsis phenotypes to facilitate personalized enrollment in early anti-inflammatory trials targeting these conditions. METHODS We applied consensus, k-means clustering analysis to our extant PHENOtyping sepsis-induced Multiple organ failure Study (PHENOMS) dataset of 404 children. 24-hour computable phenotypes are derived using 25 available bedside variables including C-reactive protein and ferritin. RESULTS Four computable phenotypes (PedSep-A, B, C, and D) are derived. Compared to all other phenotypes, PedSep-A patients (n = 135; 2% mortality) were younger and previously healthy, with the lowest C-reactive protein and ferritin levels, the highest lymphocyte and platelet counts, highest heart rate, and lowest creatinine (p < 0.05); PedSep-B patients (n = 102; 12% mortality) were most likely to be intubated and had the lowest Glasgow Coma Scale Score (p < 0.05); PedSep-C patients (n = 110; mortality 10%) had the highest temperature and Glasgow Coma Scale Score, least pulmonary failure, and lowest lymphocyte counts (p < 0.05); and PedSep-D patients (n = 56, 34% mortality) had the highest creatinine and number of organ failures, including renal, hepatic, and hematologic organ failure, with the lowest platelet counts (p < 0.05). PedSep-D had the highest likelihood of developing thrombocytopenia-associated multiple organ failure (Adj OR 47.51 95% CI [18.83-136.83], p < 0.0001) and macrophage activation syndrome (Adj OR 38.63 95% CI [13.26-137.75], p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Four computable phenotypes are derived, with PedSep-D being optimal for enrollment in early personalized anti-inflammatory trials targeting thrombocytopenia-associated multiple organ failure and macrophage activation syndrome in pediatric sepsis. A computer tool for identification of individual patient membership ( www.pedsepsis.pitt.edu ) is provided. Reproducibility will be assessed at completion of two ongoing pediatric sepsis studies.
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- Yidi Qin
- Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Center for Critical Care Nephrology and Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center, Faculty Pavilion, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 2000, 4400 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15421, USA
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- Department of Computer Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Center for Critical Care Nephrology and Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center, Faculty Pavilion, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 2000, 4400 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15421, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA
- Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital Immune Surveillance Laboratory, and Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children's Hospital at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Center for Critical Care Nephrology and Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness Center, Faculty Pavilion, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 2000, 4400 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15421, USA.
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Patel KM, Mears SC, Barnes CL, Stambough JB, Stronach BM. Sepsis and Total Joint Arthroplasty. Orthop Clin North Am 2022; 53:13-24. [PMID: 34799018 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2021.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The number of annual total joint arthroplasties (TJA) is increasing. Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) occur when there is infection involving the prosthesis and surrounding tissue, which has the potential to develop into sepsis if left untreated. Sepsis in patients who have undergone TJA is life threatening and requires urgent treatment. If sepsis is due to PJI, the focus should be on early intravenous antibiotics with aspiration as soon as possible to diagnose the infection. Patients who develop sepsis after surgery for PJI are particularly at high risk for mortality and need to be treated in the intensive care unit.
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Baghela A, Pena OM, Lee AH, Baquir B, Falsafi R, An A, Farmer SW, Hurlburt A, Mondragon-Cardona A, Rivera JD, Baker A, Trahtemberg U, Shojaei M, Jimenez-Canizales CE, Dos Santos CC, Tang B, Bouma HR, Cohen Freue GV, Hancock REW. Predicting sepsis severity at first clinical presentation: The role of endotypes and mechanistic signatures. EBioMedicine 2022; 75:103776. [PMID: 35027333 PMCID: PMC8808161 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Inter-individual variability during sepsis limits appropriate triage of patients. Identifying, at first clinical presentation, gene expression signatures that predict subsequent severity will allow clinicians to identify the most at-risk groups of patients and enable appropriate antibiotic use. METHODS Blood RNA-Seq and clinical data were collected from 348 patients in four emergency rooms (ER) and one intensive-care-unit (ICU), and 44 healthy controls. Gene expression profiles were analyzed using machine learning and data mining to identify clinically relevant gene signatures reflecting disease severity, organ dysfunction, mortality, and specific endotypes/mechanisms. FINDINGS Gene expression signatures were obtained that predicted severity/organ dysfunction and mortality in both ER and ICU patients with accuracy/AUC of 77-80%. Network analysis revealed these signatures formed a coherent biological program, with specific but overlapping mechanisms/pathways. Given the heterogeneity of sepsis, we asked if patients could be assorted into discrete groups with distinct mechanisms (endotypes) and varying severity. Patients with early sepsis could be stratified into five distinct and novel mechanistic endotypes, named Neutrophilic-Suppressive/NPS, Inflammatory/INF, Innate-Host-Defense/IHD, Interferon/IFN, and Adaptive/ADA, each based on ∼200 unique gene expression differences, and distinct pathways/mechanisms (e.g., IL6/STAT3 in NPS). Endotypes had varying overall severity with two severe (NPS/INF) and one relatively benign (ADA) groupings, consistent with reanalysis of previous endotype studies. A 40 gene-classification tool (accuracy=96%) and several gene-pairs (accuracy=89-97%) accurately predicted endotype status in both ER and ICU validation cohorts. INTERPRETATION The severity and endotype signatures indicate that distinct immune signatures precede the onset of severe sepsis and lethality, providing a method to triage early sepsis patients.
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- Arjun Baghela
- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Colombia, 232-2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada; Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Genome Sciences Centre, 570 W 7th Ave, Vancouver V5T 4S6, Canada
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Colombia, 232-2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Colombia, 232-2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Colombia, 232-2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Colombia, 232-2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Colombia, 232-2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Vancouver General Hospital, 899 W 12th Ave, Vancouver V5Z 1M9, Canada
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- Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano, Calle 9 No. 15-25, Neiva, Colombia; Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Surcolombiana, Calle 9 Carrera 14, Neiva, Colombia
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- Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano, Calle 9 No. 15-25, Neiva, Colombia; Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Surcolombiana, Calle 9 Carrera 14, Neiva, Colombia
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5G1W8, Canada
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5G1W8, Canada
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- The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, 176 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano, Calle 9 No. 15-25, Neiva, Colombia; Department of Internal Medicine, Universidad Surcolombiana, Calle 9 Carrera 14, Neiva, Colombia
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5G1W8, Canada
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- The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, 176 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen 9713 AV, the Netherland; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen 9713 AV, the Netherland
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- Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, University of British Colombia, 232-2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Intke C, Korpelainen S, Lappalainen M, Vänskä M, Hämäläinen S, Pulkki K, Jantunen E, Juutilainen A, Purhonen AK. Serum caspase-cleaved cytokeratin-18 fragment as a prognostic biomarker in hematological patients with febrile neutropenia. Clin Exp Med 2021; 22:83-93. [PMID: 34255216 PMCID: PMC8863728 DOI: 10.1007/s10238-021-00734-8] [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: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The study aim was to determine the benefit of the measurement of serum caspase-cleaved cytokeratin-18 (CK-18) fragment as a prognostic marker of febrile neutropenia (FN) in hematological patients. The study population consisted of 86 consecutive patients with FN who received intensive chemotherapy for hematological malignancy at the adult hematology ward of Kuopio University Hospital. Twenty-three patients (27%) had acute myeloid leukemia, and 63 patients (73%) were autologous stem cell transplant recipients. Serum caspase-cleaved CK-18 fragment M30, C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) were measured at the onset of FN (d0), on day 1 (d1), and on day 2 (d2). Eight patients (9%) developed severe sepsis, including three patients with septic shock. Eighteen patients (21%) had a blood culture-positive infection. Serum CK-18 fragment peaked on the first day after fever onset in patients with severe sepsis. Higher CK-18 level was associated with severe sepsis, intensive care unit treatment, and fatal outcome, but not with blood culture positivity. In ROC curve analysis, d1 serum CK-18 fragment predicted severe sepsis with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.767, CRP with an AUC of 0.764, and PCT with an AUC of 0.731. On d2, the best predictive capacity was observed for CRP with an AUC of 0.832. The optimal cutoff of caspase-cleaved CK-18 fragment M30 for predicting severe sepsis was 205 U/L on d1. In hematological patients, serum CK-18 fragment was found to be a potential prognostic marker of severe sepsis at early stages of FN.
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- Carina Intke
- Department of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine/Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O.B. 100, 70029 KYS, Kuopio, Finland.
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- Siun Sote - Hospital District of North Carelia, Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine/Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O.B. 100, 70029 KYS, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.,Department of Internal Medicine, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine/Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O.B. 100, 70029 KYS, Kuopio, Finland
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- Diagnostic Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine/Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O.B. 100, 70029 KYS, Kuopio, Finland.,Siun Sote - Hospital District of North Carelia, Joensuu, Finland.,Institute of Clinical Medicine/Internal Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine/Internal Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, South Carelia Central Hospital, South Carelia Social and Health Care District (Eksote), Lappeenranta, Finland
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Shenoy S. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), viral load and clinical outcomes; lessons learned one year into the pandemic: A systematic review. World J Crit Care Med 2021; 10:132-150. [PMID: 34316448 PMCID: PMC8291003 DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v10.i4.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is diagnosed via real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and reported as a binary assessment of the test being positive or negative. High SARS-CoV-2 viral load is an independent predictor of disease severity and mortality. Quantitative RT-PCR may be useful in predicting the clinical course and prognosis of patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). AIM To identify whether quantitative SARS-CoV-2 viral load assay correlates with clinical outcome in COVID-19 infections. METHODS A systematic literature search was undertaken for a period between December 30, 2019 to December 31, 2020 in PubMed/MEDLINE using combination of terms "COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Ct values, Log10 copies, quantitative viral load, viral dynamics, kinetics, association with severity, sepsis, mortality and infectiousness''. After screening 990 manuscripts, a total of 60 manuscripts which met the inclusion criteria were identified. Data on age, number of patients, sample sites, RT-PCR targets, disease severity, intensive care unit admission, mortality and conclusions of the studies was extracted, organized and is analyzed. RESULTS At present there is no Food and Drug Administration Emergency Use Authorization for quantitative viral load assay in the current pandemic. The intent of this research is to identify whether quantitative SARS-CoV-2 viral load assay correlates with severity of infection and mortality? High SARS-CoV-2 viral load was found to be an independent predictor of disease severity and mortality in majority of studies, and may be useful in COVID-19 infection in susceptible individuals such as elderly, patients with co-existing medical illness such as diabetes, heart diseases and immunosuppressed. High viral load is also associated with elevated levels of TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10 and C reactive protein contributing to a hyper-inflammatory state and severe infection. However there is a wide heterogeneity in fluid samples and different phases of the disease and these data should be interpreted with caution and considered only as trends. CONCLUSION Our observations support the hypothesis of reporting quantitative RT-PCR in SARS-CoV-2 infection. It may serve as a guiding principle for therapy and infection control policies for current and future pandemics.
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- Santosh Shenoy
- Department of General and Colorectal Surgery, KCVA and University of Missouri at Kansas City, Missouri, MO 64128, United States
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Yang Y, Lu X, Xiao Z. Insights of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in severe sepsis and septic shock. Int J Cardiol 2021; 339:109. [PMID: 34217750 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.06.055] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Yufan Yang
- Department of Intensive Care Unit of Hunan Children's Hospital, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410007, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit of Hunan Children's Hospital, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410007, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit of Hunan Children's Hospital, No. 86 Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410007, People's Republic of China.
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Yin F, Xi YL, Wang Y, Li BR, Qian J, Ren H, Zhang J, Tang HZ, Ning BT. The clinical outcomes and biomarker features of severe sepsis/septic shock with severe neutropenia: a retrospective cohort study. Transl Pediatr 2021; 10:464-473. [PMID: 33850805 PMCID: PMC8039791 DOI: 10.21037/tp-20-230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe sepsis/septic shock with severe neutropenia often leads to poor prognosis. However, it is unknown if severe neutropenia is associated with different clinical outcomes and biomarker features in severe sepsis/septic patients. METHODS This retrospective cohort study enrolled 141 severe sepsis/septic shock patients admitted to intensive care unit of Shanghai Children's Medical Center between January 2015 and November 2019. Patients were followed up for the development of ventilation support, the use of vasoactive drugs, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) procedure, and mortality. Biomarkers that reflect the level of inflammation in severe sepsis/septic shock patients with neutropenia were compared to that in patients without neutropenia. RESULTS Of 141 patients enrolled, 54 patients suffered from severe sepsis/septic shock with severe neutropenia. In patients with severe sepsis/septic shock, severe neutropenia as a complication was an independent risk factor for the use of vasoactive drugs (RR 9.796; 95% CI: 3.774, 25.429; P<0.001), but not for ventilation support (RR 0.157; 95% CI: 0.06, 0.414; P<0.001), CRRT procedure (RR 1.032; 95% CI: 0.359, 2.969; P=0.953) or 28-day mortality (RR 1.405; 95% CI: 0.533, 3.708; P=0.492). Severe sepsis/septic patients with severe neutropenia had a higher plasma level of the following biomarkers: c-reaction protein (CRP) (180.5 vs. 121 mg/mL, P<0.001), procalcitonin (PCT) (12.15 vs. 2.7 ng/mL; P=0.005), interleukin (IL)-6 (316.83 vs. 55.77 pg/mL, P<0.001), IL-10 (39.165 vs. 10.09 pg/mL, P<0.001), interferon (IFN)-γ (6.155 vs. 3.71 pg/mL, P=0.016), and the percentage of regulatory T cells (Tregs) (2.7% vs. 2.09%, P=0.003). Based on the receiver operating characteristic curves, IL-10 exhibited high specificity (79.4%) in evaluating the prognosis of septic patients with neutropenia. CONCLUSIONS In patients with severe sepsis/septic shock, being complicated with severe neutropenia is associated with higher proportion of using vasoactive drugs, and those patients tend to have higher plasma levels of IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ and percentage of Treg.
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- Fan Yin
- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Şen S, Kamit F, İşgüder R, Yazıcı P, Bal ZŞ, Devrim İ, Bayram SN, Karapınar B, Anıl AB, Vardar F. Surface TREM-1 as a Prognostic Biomarker in Pediatric Sepsis. Indian J Pediatr 2021; 88:134-40. [PMID: 32572693 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-020-03355-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the association between the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) levels and prognosis in septic children. METHODS Patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) of three tertiary centers were included in this prospective observational study. Serum samples were taken at admission from patients who were hospitalized with sepsis. RESULTS Of the 87 patients included, 34 (39.1%) had severe sepsis and 53 (60.9%) had septic shock. The median age was 2 y (2 mo to 16 y). TREM-1 values were found to be significantly higher in septic shock patients 129 pg/ml (min 9.85- max 494.90) compared to severe sepsis 105 pg/ml (min 8.21- max 289.17) (p = 0.048). Despite higher TREM-1 levels been measured in non-survivors compared to survivors, it was not statistically significant [168.98 pg/ml (min 9.85- max 494.90) vs. 110.79 pg/ml (min 8.21- max 408.90), (p = 0.075)]. CONCLUSIONS Admission TREM-1 levels were higher in septic shock compared to severe sepsis patients. There was no association between mortality and TREM-1 levels in sepsis. TREM-1 measurements should be used carefully in pediatric sepsis prognosis.
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Chukwulebe SB, Gaieski DF, Bhardwaj A, Mulugeta-Gordon L, Shofer FS, Dean AJ. Early hemodynamic assessment using NICOM in patients at risk of developing Sepsis immediately after emergency department triage. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 2021; 29:23. [PMID: 33509242 PMCID: PMC7842048 DOI: 10.1186/s13049-021-00833-1] [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: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background One factor leading to the high mortality rate seen in sepsis is the subtle, dynamic nature of the disease, which can lead to delayed detection and under-resuscitation. This study investigated whether serial hemodynamic parameters obtained from a non-invasive cardiac output monitor (NICOM) predicts disease severity in patients at risk for sepsis. Methods Prospective clinical trial of the NICOM device in a convenience sample of adult ED patients at risk for sepsis who did not have obvious organ dysfunction at the time of triage. Hemodynamic data were collected immediately following triage and 2 hours after initial measurement and compared in two outcome groupings: (1) admitted vs. dehydrated, febrile, hypovolemicdischarged patients; (2) infectious vs. non-infectious sources. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were calculated to determine whether the NICOM values predict hospital admission better than a serum lactate. Results 50 patients were enrolled, 32 (64 %) were admitted to the hospital. Mean age was 49.5 (± 16.5) years and 62 % were female. There were no significant associations between changes in hemodynamic variables and patient disposition from the ED or diagnosis of infection. Lactate was significantly higher in admitted patients and those with infection (p = 0.01, p = 0.01 respectively). The area under the ROC [95 % Confidence Intervals] for lactate was 0.83 [0.64–0.92] compared to 0.59 [0.41–0.73] for cardiac output (CO), 0.68 [0.49–0.80] for cardiac index (CI), and 0.63 [0.36–0.80] for heart rate (HR) for predicting hospital admission. Conclusions CO and CI, obtained at two separate time points, do not help with early disease severity differentiation of patients at risk for severe sepsis. Although mean HR was higher in those patients who were admitted, a serum lactate still served as a better predictor of patient admission from the ED.
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- Steve B Chukwulebe
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin, IL, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, 1025 Walnut Street; 300 College Building, 19107, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Asarani NAM, Paddison J, Walker R, Downie M, Wheeler BJ. New-onset type 1 diabetes complicated by diabetic ketoacidosis and severe sepsis requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and kidney replacement therapy. J Diabetes Metab Disord 2021; 20:1075-9. [PMID: 34178873 DOI: 10.1007/s40200-021-00736-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) accounts for up to a third of all new presentations of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) in children and adolescents. While most cases are relatively uncomplicated new onset presentations, if DKA is compounded with an additional underlying severe illness, such as appendicitis or severe infection, diagnostic delays may be experienced, and treatment response and outcomes may be compromised. We report an atypical case of new onset diabetes with severe DKA and underlying severe sepsis, which responded poorly to traditional therapy resulting in maximal intensive care management including mechanical ventilation, inotropes, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiorespiratory support, and kidney replacement therapy.
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Sanfilippo F, Huang S, Messina A, Franchi F, Oliveri F, Vieillard-Baron A, Cecconi M, Astuto M. Systolic dysfunction as evaluated by tissue Doppler imaging echocardiography and mortality in septic patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Crit Care 2020; 62:256-264. [PMID: 33461118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Septic induced cardiomyopathy has a wide spectrum of presentation, being associated with systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction. There is currently no evidence of association between left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and mortality in septic patients. METHODS We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the association between systolic wave (s') obtained with Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) and mortality in septic patients. Secondary outcome was the association of LV ejection fraction with mortality. RESULTS In the primary analysis we included a total of 13 studies (1197 patients, mortality 39.9%); overall s' wave was not significantly different between survivors and non-survivors (Standardized Mean Difference 0.20, 95%Confidence-Interval - 0.18, 0.59). This result was confirmed also in sub-groups analyses according to regional criteria of TDI sampling. A post-hoc analysis including only septic shock patients confirmed that s' wave was not associated with mortality. Several sensitivity analyses confirmed these results. We found no evidence of publication bias. The secondary analysis (11 studies, 1081 patients, mortality 36.7%) showed that LV ejection fraction was not associated with mortality (Mean Difference 0.98, 95% Confidence-Interval - 1.79,3.75). CONCLUSIONS There is no association between mortality and LV systolic function as evaluated by TDI s' wave in septic patients.
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- Filippo Sanfilippo
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinico - San Marco University Hospital, Catania, Italy.
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- Intensive Care Unit, Nepean Clinical School, University of Sydney, Kingswood, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University of Siena, Via Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinico - San Marco University Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Intensive Care Medicine Unit, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, University Hospital Ambroise, Boulogne-Billancourt, INSERM UMR-1018, CESP, Team Kidney and Heart, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinico - San Marco University Hospital, Catania, Italy; Department of General Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialties, Section of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Burdick H, Pino E, Gabel-Comeau D, Gu C, Roberts J, Le S, Slote J, Saber N, Pellegrini E, Green-Saxena A, Hoffman J, Das R. Validation of a machine learning algorithm for early severe sepsis prediction: a retrospective study predicting severe sepsis up to 48 h in advance using a diverse dataset from 461 US hospitals. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2020; 20:276. [PMID: 33109167 PMCID: PMC7590695 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-020-01284-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Severe sepsis and septic shock are among the leading causes of death in the United States and sepsis remains one of the most expensive conditions to diagnose and treat. Accurate early diagnosis and treatment can reduce the risk of adverse patient outcomes, but the efficacy of traditional rule-based screening methods is limited. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a machine learning algorithm (MLA) for severe sepsis prediction up to 48 h before onset using a diverse patient dataset. METHODS Retrospective analysis was performed on datasets composed of de-identified electronic health records collected between 2001 and 2017, including 510,497 inpatient and emergency encounters from 461 health centers collected between 2001 and 2015, and 20,647 inpatient and emergency encounters collected in 2017 from a community hospital. MLA performance was compared to commonly used disease severity scoring systems and was evaluated at 0, 4, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h prior to severe sepsis onset. RESULTS 270,438 patients were included in analysis. At time of onset, the MLA demonstrated an AUROC of 0.931 (95% CI 0.914, 0.948) and a diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) of 53.105 on a testing dataset, exceeding MEWS (0.725, P < .001; DOR 4.358), SOFA (0.716; P < .001; DOR 3.720), and SIRS (0.655; P < .001; DOR 3.290). For prediction 48 h prior to onset, the MLA achieved an AUROC of 0.827 (95% CI 0.806, 0.848) on a testing dataset. On an external validation dataset, the MLA achieved an AUROC of 0.948 (95% CI 0.942, 0.954) at the time of onset, and 0.752 at 48 h prior to onset. CONCLUSIONS The MLA accurately predicts severe sepsis onset up to 48 h in advance using only readily available vital signs extracted from the existing patient electronic health records. Relevant implications for clinical practice include improved patient outcomes from early severe sepsis detection and treatment.
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- Hoyt Burdick
- Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV, USA
- Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA
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- Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV, USA
- Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA
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- Dascena, Inc., P.O. Box 156572, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA
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- Dascena, Inc., P.O. Box 156572, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA
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- Dascena, Inc., P.O. Box 156572, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA
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- Dascena, Inc., P.O. Box 156572, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA
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- Dascena, Inc., P.O. Box 156572, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA
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- Dascena, Inc., P.O. Box 156572, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA
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Rajdev K, Leifer L, Sandhu G, Mann B, Pervaiz S, Lahan S, Siddiqui AH, Habib S, Joseph B, El-Sayegh S. Aggressive versus conservative fluid resuscitation in septic hemodialysis patients. Am J Emerg Med 2020; 46:416-419. [PMID: 33129646 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Sepsis and bacterial infections are common in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We aimed to compare patients with ESRD on hemodialysis presenting to hospital with severe sepsis or septic shock who received <20 ml/kg of intravenous fluid to those who received ≥20 ml/kg during initial resuscitation. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective chart review of adult patients with ICD codes for discharge diagnosis of sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, ESRD, and hemodialysis admitted to our institution between 2015 and 2018. RESULTS We present outcomes for a total of 104 patients - 51 patients in conservative group and 53 in aggressive group. The mean age was 69.5 ± 11.2 years and 71 ± 11.5 years in the conservative group and aggressive group, respectively. There was no significant difference in the rate of ICU admission, and ICU or hospital length of stay between the two groups. Complications such as volume overload, rate of intubation, and urgent dialysis were not found to be significantly different. CONCLUSION We found that aggressive fluid resuscitation with ≥20 ml/kg may not be detrimental in the initial resuscitation of ESRD patients with SeS or SS. However, a clinical decision of volume responsiveness should be made on a case-by-case basis rather than a universal approach for fluid resuscitation in ESRD patients.
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- Kartikeya Rajdev
- Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States.
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- Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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- University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Northwell Health - Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, United States
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Jouffroy R, Léguillier T, Gilbert B, Tourtier JP, Bloch-Laine E, Ecollan P, Bounes V, Boularan J, Gueye-Ngalgou P, Nivet-Antoine V, Beaudeux JL, Vivien B. Prehospital lactate clearance is associated with reduced mortality in patients with septic shock. Am J Emerg Med 2021; 46:367-73. [PMID: 33097320 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Assessment of disease severity in patients with septic shock (SS) is crucial in determining optimal level of care. In both pre- and in-hospital settings, blood lactate measurement is broadly used in combination with the clinical evaluation of patients as the clinical picture alone is not sufficient for assessing disease severity and outcomes. METHODS From 15th April 2017 to 15th April 2019, patients with SS requiring prehospital mobile Intensive Care Unit intervention (mICU) were prospectively included in this observational study. Prehospital blood lactate clearance was estimated by the difference between prehospital (time of first contact between the patients and the mICU prior to any treatment) and in-hospital (at hospital admission) blood lactate levels divided by prehospital blood lactate. RESULTS Among the 185 patients included in this study, lactate measurement was missing for six (3%) in the prehospital setting and for four (2%) at hospital admission, thus 175 (95%) were analysed for prehospital blood lactate clearance (mean age 70 ± 14 years). Pulmonary, digestive and urinary infections were probably the cause of the SS in respectively 56%, 22% and 10% of the cases. The 30-day overall mortality was 32%. Mean prehospital blood lactate clearance was significantly different between patients who died and those who survived (respectively 0.41 ± 2.50 mmol.l-1 vs 1.65 ± 2.88 mmol.l-1, p = 0.007). Cox regression analysis showed that 30-day mortality was associated with prehospital blood lactate clearance > 10% (HRa [CI95] = 0.49 [0.26-0.92], p = 0.028) and prehospital blood lactate clearance < 10% (HRa [CI95] = 2.04 [1.08-3.84], p = 0.028). CONCLUSION A prehospital blood lactate clearance < 10% is associated with 30-day mortality increase in patients with SS handled by the prehospital mICU. Further studies will be needed to evaluate if prehospital blood lactate clearance alone or combined with clinical scores could affected the triage decision-making process for those patients.
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Loza-Gomez A, Hofmann E, NokLam C, Menchine M. Severe sepsis and septic shock in patients transported by prehospital services versus walk in patients to the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med 2020; 45:173-178. [PMID: 33041138 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sepsis is a leading cause of death in the hospital for which aggressive treatment is recommended to improve patient outcomes. It is possible that sepsis patients brought in by emergency medical services (EMS) have a unique advantage in the emergency department (ED) which could improve sepsis bundle compliance. OBJECTIVE To evaluate patient care processes and outcome differences between severe sepsis and septic shock patients in the emergency department who were brought in by EMS compared to non-EMS patients. METHODS We performed a retrospective chart review of all severe sepsis and septic shock patients who declared in the ED during January 2012 thru December 2014. We compared differences in patient characteristics, patient care processes, sepsis bundle compliance metrics, and outcomes between both groups. RESULTS Of the 1066 patients included in the study, 387 (36.6%) were brought in by EMS and 679 (63.7%) patients arrived via non-EMS transport. In the multivariate regression model, time of triage to sepsis declaration (coeff = -0.406; 95% CI = -0.809, -0.003; p = 0.048) and time of triage to physician (coeff = -0.543; 95% CI = -0.864, -0.221; p = 0.001) was significantly shorter for EMS patients. We found no statistical difference in adjusted individual sepsis compliance metrics, overall bundle compliance, or mortality between both groups. CONCLUSION EMS transported patients have quicker sepsis declaration times and are seen sooner by ED providers. However, we found no statistical difference in bundle compliance or patient outcomes between walk in patients and EMS transported patients.
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- Angelica Loza-Gomez
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1200 North State, Rm 1011, Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States of America.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1200 North State, Rm 1011, Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1200 North State, Rm 1011, Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, 1200 North State, Rm 1011, Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States of America
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Sayed SZ, Mahmoud MM, Moness HM, Mousa SO. Admission platelet count and indices as predictors of outcome in children with severe Sepsis: a prospective hospital-based study. BMC Pediatr 2020; 20:387. [PMID: 32814554 PMCID: PMC7437045 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-020-02278-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sepsis is still one of the main causes of infants and children mortality especially in developing, economically challenged countries with limited resources. Our objective in this study was to determine, the prognostic value of platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW) and plateletcrit (PCT) in critically ill infants and children with severe sepsis, as they are readily available biomarkers, that can guide clinicians during managing of severe sepsis. METHODS Sixty children were included; they were diagnosed with severe sepsis according to the international pediatric sepsis consensus conference criteria. At admission to Pediatric intensive care unit, complete blood count with platelet count and parameters (MPV, PDW and PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) level were determined for all children. Also, assessment of the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM III) score was done to all. These children were followed up till discharge from hospital or death. Accordingly, they were grouped into: (1) Survivor group: included 41 children. (2) Non-survivor group: included 19 children. RESULTS Platelet count and PCT were significantly lower (p < 0.001) and MPV was significantly higher in non-survivor than survivors (p = 0.004). MPV/PLT, MPV/PCT, PDW/PLT, PDW/PCT ratios were found to be significantly higher in the non-survivors than survivor (p < 0.001 in all). PCT with sensitivity = 94.74%, was the most sensitive platelet parameter for prediction of death, while MPV/PCT was the most sensitive ratio (sensitivity = 94.7%). CONCLUSION Thrombocytopenia, platelet indices and their ratios, especially plateletcrit and MPV/PCT, are readily available, sensitive, prognostic markers, that can identify the severe sepsis patients with poorest outcome.
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- Samira Z Sayed
- Pediatric Department, Children's University hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minya, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, Children's University hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minya, Egypt
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- Clinical Pathology Department, Children's University hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minya, Egypt
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- Pediatric Department, Children's University hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, El-Minya, Egypt.
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Nilsson CU, Bentzer P, Andersson LE, Björkman SA, Hanssson FP, Kander T. Mortality and morbidity of low-grade red blood cell transfusions in septic patients: a propensity score-matched observational study of a liberal transfusion strategy. Ann Intensive Care 2020; 10:111. [PMID: 32770427 PMCID: PMC7415067 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-020-00727-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Red blood cell (RBC) transfusions are associated with risks including immunological reactions and volume overload. Current guidelines suggest a restrictive transfusion strategy in most patients with sepsis but based on previous randomized controlled trials and observational studies, there are still uncertainties about the safety in giving low-grade RBC transfusions to patients with sepsis. Methods Critically ill patients with severe sepsis or septic shock admitted to a university hospital intensive care unit between 2007 and 2018 that received less or equal to 2 units of RBCs during the first 5 days of admission were propensity score matched to controls. Outcomes were 90- and 180-day mortality, highest acute kidney injury network (AKIN) score the first 10 days, days alive and free of organ support the first 28 days after admission to the intensive care unit and highest sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA-max). Results Of 9490 admissions, 1347 were diagnosed with severe sepsis or septic shock. Propensity-score matching resulted in two well-matched groups with 237 patients in each. The annual inclusion rate in both groups was similar. The median hemoglobin level before RBC transfusion was 95 g/L (interquartile range 88–104) and the majority of the patients were transfused in first 2 days of admission. Low-grade RBC transfusion was associated with increased 90- and 180-day mortality with an absolute risk increase for death 9.3% (95% confidence interval: 0.6–18%, P = 0.032) and 11% (95% confidence interval: 1.7–19%, P = 0.018), respectively. Low-grade RBC transfusion also correlated with increased kidney, circulatory and respiratory failure and higher SOFA-max score. Conclusions Low-grade RBC transfusion during the first 5 days of admission was associated with increased mortality and morbidity in a liberal transfusion setting. The results support the current practice of a restrictive transfusion strategy in septic critically ill patients.
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- Caroline Ulfsdotter Nilsson
- Department of Intensive and Perioperative Care, Skåne University Hospital Lund, 221 85, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden.,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Helsingborg Hospital, 252 23, Helsingborg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden
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- Clinical Trial Consultants, Dag Hammarskjöldsväg 10b, 752 37, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Intensive and Perioperative Care, Skåne University Hospital Lund, 221 85, Lund, Sweden. .,Department of Clinical Sciences, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lund University, 221 85, Lund, Sweden.
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Meneses E, Elkbuli A, Baroutjian A, McKenney M, Boneva D. Perforated proximal jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor pT4N0M0 presenting with severe sepsis: A case report and literature review. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2020; 57:76-81. [PMID: 32728434 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Introduction Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are mesenchymal tumors that occur along the alimentary tract, and are most commonly found in the stomach. Rarely, these tumors can occur in the small bowel, and when located in the duodenum or proximal jejunum, they may require challenging reconstruction of the alimentary tract. Patients with GISTs often present with non-specific abdominal pain or symptoms of obstruction, hemorrhage, and less commonly perforation. Presentation of case A 46-year-old male presented to the hospital with a one-day history of left upper quadrant pain with fevers and chills. Physical examination was significant for signs of peritonitis, and laboratory results revealed leukocytosis and lactic acidosis. CT abdomen showed a large soft tissue mass in the proximal jejunum. In the operating theater he was found to have a perforated jejunal tumor. Pathology report revealed a 13cm GIST, pT4N0M0, Stage IIIa. He had an uneventful recovery and was discharged nine days after surgery. Discussion Proximal jejunal GISTs are a rare entity and when present, perforation is unlikely. Pathological diagnosis of GISTs are relies on immunohistochemistry demonstrating c-KIT or CD34 positivity. The prognosis of GISTs are dependent on the size and the mitotic index. Definitive treatment of non-metastatic GISTs is R0 resection. When located in the duodenum or proximal jejunum, resection can be very challenging and may require clinical expertise in order to safely perform complex alimentary tract reconstruction. Conclusion Further investigation is required in order to determine best practice management for patients who present with proximal GISTs. A rare presentation of proximal jejunal GIST as a necrotic perforated mass causing severe sepsis. Successful treatment of a pT4N0M0 (Stage IIIa) proximal jejunal GIST in the emergency setting with an uneventful hospital recovery. R0 resection of the proximal jejunal GIST with hand-sewn end-to-side anastomosis.
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Ramgopal S, Horvat CM, Adler MD. Association of triage hypothermia with in-hospital mortality among patients in the emergency department with suspected sepsis. J Crit Care 2020; 60:27-31. [PMID: 32731103 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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PURPOSE To identify if triage hypothermia (<36.0 °C) among emergency department (ED) encounters with sepsis are independently associated with mortality. METHODS We analyzed data from a multi-stage probability sample survey of visits to United States EDs between 2007 and 2015, using two inclusion approaches: an explicit definition based on diagnosis codes for sepsis and a severe sepsis definition, combining evidence of infection with organ dysfunction. We used multivariable regression to determine an association between hypothermia and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS Of 1.2 billion ED encounters (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.0-1.3 billion), 3.1 million (95% CI 2.7-3.5 million) met the explicit sepsis definition; 7.4% (95% CI 75.2-9.7%) had triage hypothermia. The adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for hypothermia for in-hospital mortality was 6.82 (95% CI 3.08-15.22). The severe sepsis definition identified 3.5 million (95% 3.1-4.0 million) encounters; 30.3% (95% CI 25.0-34.6%) had triage hypothermia. The aOR for hypothermia with mortality was 4.08 (95% CI 2.09-7.95). Depending on sepsis definition, 78.1-84.4% had other systemic inflammatory response syndrome vital sign abnormalities. CONCLUSION Up to one in three patients with sepsis have triage hypothermia, which is independently associated with mortality. 10-20% of patients with hypothermic sepsis do not have other vital sign abnormalities.
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Crouser ED, Parrillo JE, Martin GS, Huang DT, Hausfater P, Grigorov I, Careaga D, Osborn T, Hasan M, Tejidor L. Monocyte distribution width enhances early sepsis detection in the emergency department beyond SIRS and qSOFA. J Intensive Care 2020; 8:33. [PMID: 32391157 PMCID: PMC7201542 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-020-00446-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [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: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background The initial presentation of sepsis in the emergency department (ED) is difficult to distinguish from other acute illnesses based upon similar clinical presentations. A new blood parameter, a measurement of increased monocyte volume distribution width (MDW), may be used in combination with other clinical parameters to improve early sepsis detection. We sought to determine if MDW, when combined with other available clinical parameters at the time of ED presentation, improves the early detection of sepsis. Methods A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected clinical data available during the initial ED encounter of 2158 adult patients who were enrolled from emergency departments of three major academic centers, of which 385 fulfilled Sepsis-2 criteria, and 243 fulfilled Sepsis-3 criteria within 12 h of admission. Sepsis probabilities were determined based on MDW values, alone or in combination with components of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or quick sepsis-related organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score obtained during the initial patient presentation (i.e., within 2 h of ED admission). Results Abnormal MDW (> 20.0) consistently increased sepsis probability, and normal MDW consistently reduced sepsis probability when used in combination with SIRS criteria (tachycardia, tachypnea, abnormal white blood count, or body temperature) or qSOFA criteria (tachypnea, altered mental status, but not hypotension). Overall, and regardless of other SIRS or qSOFA variables, MDW > 20.0 (vs. MDW ≤ 20.0) at the time of the initial ED encounter was associated with an approximately 6-fold increase in the odds of Sepsis-2, and an approximately 4-fold increase in the odds of Sepsis-3. Conclusions MDW improves the early detection of sepsis during the initial ED encounter and is complementary to SIRS and qSOFA parameters that are currently used for this purpose. This study supports the incorporation of MDW with other readily available clinical parameters during the initial ED encounter for the early detection of sepsis. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03145428. First posted May 9, 2017. The first subjects were enrolled June 19, 2017, and the study completion date was January 26, 2018.
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- Elliott D Crouser
- 1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, 201 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, 473 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH USA
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- 2Heart and Vascular Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ USA
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- 3Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA USA
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- 4Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
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- 5Emergency Department, GRC-14 BIOSFAST and UMR 1166 IHU ICAN, APHP-Sorbonne Université Hospital, Pitié-Salpêtrière site, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- 8Division of Emergency Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO USA
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Bedate-Núñez M, Moreno-Racionero F, de Andrés-Asenjo B, Díaz-Romero JM, Soto-Rodríguez JL, Torrecilla-García-Ripoll JR, Martín-Martín S, Rivero-Martínez MD, Calleja-Escudero J, De Castro-Olmedo C, Pascual-Samaniego M, Calvo-González R, Valsero-Herguedas ME, Pesquera-Ortega L, Lara-Pérez FM, Ruano-Mayo A, Zamora-Horcajadas Á, Natal-Álvarez F, Legido Morán AP, Rabadán-Jiménez JM, Cortiñas-González JR, Bermejo-Martín JF. [Relevance of clinical and serum parameters on severe urinary sepsis after renal obstruction.]. ARCH ESP UROL 2020; 73:257-267. [PMID: 32379060] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Urosepsis is an underdiagnosed entity with high morbidity and mortality and significant associated costs. The delay in diagnosis leads to an increased risk of multiorgan failure and death. Although its prognosis is better than that of other sepsis, the mortality rate is 20 - 40%. OBJECTIVE Describe the obstructive uropathy cases (OU) that are complicated by severe sepsis (SS) and identify early biomarkers of SS. MATERIAL AND METHODS Observational and prospective study of 65 patients with urgent high OU. All patients were evaluated at three different times (0, 24 and 48 hours). An SS predictor model has been constructed and a multivariate risk analysis has been carried out. RESULTS 64.61% (n=42) developed SS (NSS: n=13). The only statistically significant variables in the 3 moments evaluated and that obtained a good area under the curve [AUROC (>0.70)] were the elevation of neutrophils, procalcitonin, and decrease of bicarbonate. At the time of patient admission, the variable that best predicted SS was the elevation of procalcitonin (AUROC:0.919). SS risk factors (p<0.005) were the history of cancer immunosuppression, and/or urinary tract surgeries, complete UO and high blood values of lactate, potassium and decrease of bicarbonate. The potassium-lactate combination on admission predicted SS with a probability function of 0.805. CONCLUSIONS There is an analytical profile maintained over the time characteristic of SS that allows anearly identification of patients with OU subsidiary of been complicated with SS.
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- Investigador principal de la Unidad de Investigación Médica en Infección e Inmunidad (IMI) del Servicio de Microbiología en el Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid - I - ESCYL. Group For Biomedical Research in Sepsis (BioSepsis) Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid. Centro de Investigación Biomedica En Red - Enfermedades Respiratorias (CibeRes, CB06/06/0028) National Health System. SACYL/IECSCYL. España
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Information concerning the clinical outcome of severe sepsis and septic shock among the burden of tropical infections in children is limited, particularly in low-income settings. We conducted a prospective consecutive cohort study in all children aged 1 month to 16 years needing paediatric intensive care between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018. Demographic details, presenting symptoms and duration, associated co-morbidity and organ dysfunction were recorded. Clinical and laboratory parameters discriminating between survivors and non-survivors were evaluated. Most presented with respiratory or central nervous system derangement along with cardiovascular dysfunction. Haematological involvement was almost invariably found on diagnostic evaluation. Those children with ≥3 systems involved had higher odds of mortality. Dengue was seen in half the patients, being the commonest tropical infection. Not surprisingly, non-survivors were younger, had rapid progression of illness and needed ventilation more often within the first hour of admission. However, in multivariable regression analysis, only procalcitonin levels were associated with increased risk of mortality. We conclude that that tropical infections causing severe sepsis and septic shock are an important cause of mortality. There are, however, no clinical parameters which differentiate reliably between survivors and non-survivors.
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- Sachin Shah
- Director, Department of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Services, Surya Mother and Child Superspecialty Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- DNB Paediatrics Associate Chief, Department of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Services, Surya Mother and Child Superspecialty Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Fellow, Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Surya Mother and Child Superspecialty Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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- Consultant, Department of Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Services, Surya Mother and Child Superspecialty Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Srisawat N, Kulvichit W, Tungsanga S, Peerapornratana S, Vorasitchai S, Tangkanakul C, Lumlertgul N, Komaenthammasophon C, Praditpornsilpa K, Tungsanga K, Eiam-Ong S. The role of neutrophil chemotaxis activity as an immunologic biomarker to predict mortality in critically-ill patients with severe sepsis. J Crit Care 2020; 56:215-221. [PMID: 31982695 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.01.020] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Innate immunity is an important host response to infection. However, the role of innate immunity as a prognostic biomarker in severe sepsis is still unknown. This study is to evaluate the discriminatory characteristics of these biomarkers on clinical outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective study was conducted in critically ill patients with severe sepsis. Neutrophil function was assessed by neutrophil chemotaxis activity and CD-11b expression. Monocyte function was assessed by measurement of mHLA-DR expression and presepsin level. The primary end point was 28 day-mortality. RESULTS A total of 136 participants were enrolled. Patients were classified into 2 groups as survivors (n = 63, 46.3%) and non-survivors (n = 73, 53.7%). Neutrophil chemotaxis activity was significantly higher in survivors (46.7% vs. 41.2%, p = .023). There was no difference in the remaining biomarker levels between survivors and non-survivors. Only decreased neutrophil chemotaxis activity was associated with 28-day mortality. Combining neutrophil chemotaxis activity with mHLA-DR, CD-11b expression, presepsin, and SOFA score provided the highest AUC of 0.90 (0.84-0.96) in predicting 28-day mortality. CONCLUSION Neutrophil chemotaxis activity appears to be a promising novel immunologic biomarker in predicting clinical outcome in patients with severe sepsis.
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- Nattachai Srisawat
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Center for Critical Care Nephrology, The CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Academic of Science, Royal Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand; Critical Care Nephrology Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Tropical Medicine Cluster, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Excellence Center for Critical Care Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Center for Critical Care Nephrology, The CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Center for Critical Care Nephrology, The CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Excellence Center for Critical Care Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Excellence Center for Critical Care Nephrology, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand; Excellence Center for Critical Care Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
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Boscolo A, Spiezia L, Campello E, Bertini D, Lucchetta V, Piasentini E, De Cassai A, Simioni P. Whole-blood hypocoagulable profile correlates with a greater risk of death within 28 days in patients with severe sepsis. Korean J Anesthesiol 2020; 73:224-231. [PMID: 31906608 PMCID: PMC7280891 DOI: 10.4097/kja.19396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Hypocoagulability and impaired platelet function have been associated with a high risk of death in sepsis. The aim of this cohort study was to determine whether sepsis-induced hypocoagulability and platelet dysfunction (assessed by ROTEM® and MULTIPLATE®, respectively) are increased in sepsis patients who died within 28 days after diagnosis compared with patients who died between 29 and 90 days after diagnosis. Methods Consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Padova University Hospital from March 2015 to March 2018 for severe sepsis were considered. We collected blood samples from all patients to determine ROTEM® and MULTIPLATE® parameters. Each enrolled patient underwent a 90-day follow-up and the mortality rate was recorded. Results Of 120 patients, 36 (30%) died within 28 days post-diagnosis (Group A), 23 (19%) died between days 29 and 90 post-diagnosis (Group B), and 61 (51%) were alive after 90 days (survivors). The clotting time in the ROTEM® test and clot formation time in the EXTEM test were significantly more prolonged in Group A than in B. Both groups showed a significantly higher hypocoagulability than survivors in the EXTEM test. MULTIPLATE® platelet function analysis showed that platelet function was significantly lower in Group A than in Group B. Conclusions The present study showed that the combination of thromboelastometry and impedance aggregometry may help identifying sepsis patients at high risk of short-term death. Larger studies are warranted to corroborate our results.
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- Annalisa Boscolo
- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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Boscolo A, Spiezia L, Campello E, Consolaro EM, Ori C, Simioni P. The prognostic role of ThromboDynamic Index in patients with severe sepsis. Intern Emerg Med 2020; 15:163-168. [PMID: 31267438 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-019-02137-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Annalisa Boscolo
- UOC Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Padova University Hospital, 105, Via Ospedale Civile, 35100, Padua, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Padova University Hospital, 105, Via Ospedale Civile, 35100, Padua, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Padova University Hospital, 105, Via Ospedale Civile, 35100, Padua, Italy
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- UOC Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Padova University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Thrombotic and Haemorrhagic Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, Padova University Hospital, 105, Via Ospedale Civile, 35100, Padua, Italy.
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Noormandi A, Khalili H, Mohammadi M, Abdollahi A. Effect of magnesium supplementation on lactate clearance in critically ill patients with severe sepsis: a randomized clinical trial. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 76:175-84. [PMID: 31814044 DOI: 10.1007/s00228-019-02788-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVES In this study, changes in lactate clearance following magnesium supplementation were evaluated in critically ill patients with severe sepsis. METHODS Fifty-eight patients with severe sepsis were randomly assigned to receive either magnesium (n = 30) or placebo (n = 28). Patients in the magnesium group received intravenous magnesium sulfate to maintain serum magnesium level around 3 mg/dL for 3 days. The placebo group received the same volume of normal saline. Change in lactate clearance was considered primary outcome of the study. RESULTS Mean increase in the lactate clearance in the magnesium group was significantly higher than the placebo group on day 2 (27.53% vs. 23.79% respectively, p < 0.001) and day 3 (49.83% vs. 37.02% respectively, p < 0.001). Time to lactate clearance was also significantly shorter in the magnesium group than the placebo group (47.28 ± 20.59 vs. 61.20 ± 24.31 h respectively, p = 0.03). Sepsis-related mortality was not significantly different but median length of ICU stay was significantly shorter in the magnesium group than the placebo group (8 vs. 15 days respectively, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Magnesium supplementation increased lactate clearance in critically ill patients with severe sepsis. Optimizing serum magnesium level near the upper limit of the normal range may improve severe sepsis outcomes.
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Okonkwo E, Rozario N, Heffner AC. Presentation and outcomes of end stage liver disease patients presenting with septic shock to the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med 2019; 38:1408-1413. [PMID: 31839522 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.11.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) are particularly vulnerable to sepsis. ESLD patients are often excluded from controlled sepsis trials and more data are needed to guide the management of this population. OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical factors and outcomes of patients with ESLD presenting to the emergency department (ED) with septic shock. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of patients registered in our dedicated ED adult septic shock pathway. All patients registered between January 2014 and May 2016 were included. Clinical and treatment variables for ESLD patients were compared with non-ESLD patients. A second analysis assessed ESLD survivors compared to non-survivors. RESULTS 2,584 septic shock patients were enrolled. ESLD was present in 6.2% (n = 161) of patients. Patients with ESLD had higher mortality compared to patients without ESLD 36.6% vs 21.2% (p < 0.001). ESLD patients were more likely to be younger, female, obese, and have other comorbidities. ESLD patients exhibited lower temperature, higher lactate, and higher incidence of acute kidney injury. There was no difference in antibiotics or fluid resuscitation between groups. ESLD patients received more ED vasopressor support. Among ESLD septic shock patients, maximum lactate and presence of pneumonia were independently associated with death. CONCLUSIONS Patients with ESLD comprise a small but important subgroup of patients with ED septic shock that experience high mortality compared to patients without ESLD. Maximum ED lactate and pneumonia as the source of sepsis are independently associated with adverse outcome and may be used for early recognition of high-risk ESLD sepsis patients.
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- Enola Okonkwo
- Atrium Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, NC, USA(1).
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- Atrium Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Atrium Health, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Khanina A, Cairns KA, McGloughlin S, Orosz J, Bingham G, Dooley M, Cheng AC. Improving sepsis care for hospital inpatients using existing medical emergency response systems. Infect Dis Health 2019; 25:63-70. [PMID: 31740379 DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sepsis is a medical emergency; timely management has been shown to reduce mortality. We aimed to improve the care of inpatients who developed sepsis after hospital admission by integrating a sepsis bundle with an existing medical emergency team (MET). METHODS We performed a before-and-after study at an Australian institution. A multimodal intervention was implemented including formation of a working group, development of a guideline, standard documentation, education, audit and feedback. The primary outcome was the proportion of MET calls where there was compliance with the sepsis resuscitation bundle within one hour of MET call. RESULTS There was an improvement in completion of the entire resuscitation bundle (OR 2.33, 95%, CI: 1.23 - 4.41) and lactate measurement (OR 2.72, CI: 1.53, 4.84) within one hour of MET call. There was a non-significant reduction in the median time to antibiotic administration in patients where antibiotics were initiated or changed at the MET call (60 mins vs. 44 mins, p = 0.8). In hospital mortality was observed to fall from 22.1% to 11.4%, but after adjusting for age and baseline illness severity this differences was not statistically significant (OR 0.52, CI: 0.23, 1.19, p = 0.12). CONCLUSION The implementation of a multimodal sepsis bundle and the utilisation of an existing MET call system demonstrated an increase in the overall uptake of a sepsis bundle. This was associated with an observed reduction in all-cause in-hospital mortality, although this difference was not statistically significant after adjustment for confounders. Further interventions with a focus on nursing education and engagement may improve timely antibiotic administration.
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- Anna Khanina
- Pharmacy Department, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia; Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia.
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- Pharmacy Department, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- Intensive Care Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- Intensive Care Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- Intensive Care Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- Pharmacy Department, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia; Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia
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- Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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Rajdev K, Leifer L, Sandhu G, Mann B, Pervaiz S, Habib S, Siddiqui AH, Joseph B, Demissie S, El-Sayegh S. Fluid resuscitation in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis presenting with severe sepsis or septic shock: A case control study. J Crit Care 2019; 55:157-162. [PMID: 31733623 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Due to the potential risk of volume overload, physicians are hesitant to aggressively fluid-resuscitate septic patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis (HD). Primary objective: To calculate the percentage of ESRD patients on HD (Case) who received ≥30 mL/Kg fluid resuscitation within the first 6 h compared to non-ESRD patients (Control) that presented with severe sepsis (SeS) or septic shock (SS). Secondary objectives: Effect of fluid resuscitation on intubation rate, need for urgent dialysis, hospital length of stay (LOS), intensive care unit (ICU) admission and LOS, need for vasopressors, and hospital mortality. Medical records of 715 patients with sepsis, SeS, SS, and ESRD were reviewed. We identified 104 Case and 111 Control patients. In the Case group, 23% of patients received ≥30 mL/Kg fluids compared to 60% in the Control group (p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in in-hospital mortality, need for urgent dialysis, intubation rates, ICU LOS, or hospital LOS between the two groups. Subgroup analysis between ESRD patients who received ≥30 mL/Kg (N = 80) vs those who received <30 mL/Kg (N = 24) showed no significant difference in any of the secondary outcomes. Compliance with 30 mL/Kg fluids was low for all patients but significantly lower for ESRD patients. Aggressive fluid resuscitation appears to be safe in ESRD patients.
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- Kartikeya Rajdev
- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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- Northwell Health-Staten Island University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, United States of America.
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Dhondup T, Tien JC, Marquez A, Kennedy CC, Gajic O, Kashani KB. Association of negative fluid balance during the de-escalation phase of sepsis management with mortality: A cohort study. J Crit Care 2020; 55:16-21. [PMID: 31670149 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the impact of negative fluid balance during the fluid de-escalation phase of sepsis management. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a historical cohort study of adult intensive care units (ICU) patients with septic shock and severe sepsis in a quaternary medical center, from January 2007 through December 2009. We used regression modeling to assess the impact of negative volume balance on mortality after adjustments for age, comorbidities, and illness severity. RESULTS Among 633 enrolled patients, 387 patients reached negative fluid balance who in comparison with others had a lower 90-day mortality rate (36% vs. 44%; P = .048), despite higher severity of illness. Each 1-L negative daily fluid balance was associated with reduced ICU, hospital, 90-day and 1-year mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 0.39 [95%CI, 0.28-0.57], 0.76 [95%CI, 0.63-0.94], 0.69 [95%CI, 0.59-0.81], 0.67 [0.58-0.78], respectively; P < .05). This protective effect of negative volume balance was maintained when cumulative ICU fluid balance was utilized. CONCLUSIONS There is not only a significant association between outcomes of patients who were resuscitated for sepsis and achieving negative fluid balance, but also the amount of daily or cumulative negative fluid balance is associated with lower mortality of these patients. Prospective clinical trials are needed to validate this finding.
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Luhr R, Cao Y, Söderquist B, Cajander S. Trends in sepsis mortality over time in randomised sepsis trials: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of mortality in the control arm, 2002-2016. Crit Care 2019; 23:241. [PMID: 31269976 PMCID: PMC6610784 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2528-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [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: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Background Epidemiologic data have shown an increasing incidence and declining mortality rate in sepsis. However, confounding effects due to differences in disease classification might have contributed to these trends. To assess if a declining mortality over time could be supported by data derived from high-quality prospective studies, we performed a meta-analysis using data from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on sepsis. The primary aim was to assess whether the mortality in sepsis trials has changed over time. The secondary aim was to investigate how many of the included trials could show efficacy of the studied intervention regarding 28-day mortality. Methods We searched PubMed for RCTs enrolling patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, published between 2002 and 2016. The included trials were assessed for quality and sorted by date of first inclusion. A meta-analysis was performed to synthesise data from the individual sepsis trials. Results Of 418 eligible articles, 44 RCTs on sepsis were included in the analysis, enrolling 13,315 patients in the usual care arm between 1991 and 2013. In this time period, mortality decreased by 0.42% annually (p = 0.04) to give a total decline of 9.24%. In subgroup analyses with adjustments for APACHE II, SAPS II and SOFA scores, the observed time trend was not significant (p = 0.45, 0.23 and 0.98 respectively). Only four of the included trials showed any efficacy with regard to mortality. Conclusions Data from RCTs show a declining trend in 28-day mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock patients during the years from 1991 to 2013. However, when controlling for severity at study inclusion, there was no significant change in mortality over time. The number of trials presenting new treatment options was low. Trial registration PROSPERO CRD42018091100. Registered 27 August 2018. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13054-019-2528-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Robert Luhr
- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, 70182, Örebro, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, 70182, Örebro, Sweden.,Unit of Biostatistics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, 70182, Örebro, Sweden.,Department of Infectious Diseases, Örebro University Hospital, 70182, Örebro, Sweden
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, 70182, Örebro, Sweden. .,Department of Infectious Diseases, Örebro University Hospital, 70182, Örebro, Sweden.
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Whitfield PL, Ratliff PD, Lockhart LL, Andrews D, Komyathy KL, Sloan MA, Leslie JC, Judd WR. Implementation of an adult code sepsis protocol and its impact on SEP-1 core measure perfect score attainment in the ED. Am J Emerg Med 2019; 38:879-882. [PMID: 31301874 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Timely management of sepsis has become an urgent concern among most hospitals. Institutions have been searching for unique ways to increase the quality of care and timely adherence to proven therapies. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of an Adult Code Sepsis Protocol on the rate of SEP-1 perfect score attainment (PSA) among patients who presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe sepsis or septic shock, as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). METHODS This was a retrospective, observational cohort study in a 35-bed tertiary care hospital ED from December 2016 to February 2018. Adults (≥18 years of age) who met the CMS-case definition of severe sepsis or septic shock presenting to the ED either prior to or after implementation of an Adult Code Sepsis Protocol were included. RESULTS The primary outcome of SEP-1 PSA, which was abstracted in an all-or-none fashion, increased from 30.7% to 71.3% (p < 0.001). Inpatient mortality was reduced from 4% to 0% (p = 0.011) after protocol implementation. Protocol initiation also resulted in a significant reduction in both time to initiation of appropriate, empiric and effective antimicrobial therapy, based on culture results by 48 and 111 min, respectively (p < 0.001). There were no significant differences in other secondary outcomes including ICU length-of-stay, readmission, or economic outcome measures. CONCLUSIONS The addition of an Adult Code Sepsis Protocol in the ED significantly increased the rate of SEP-1 PSA, reduced inpatient mortality, and improved the time to initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy.
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- Philip L Whitfield
- Department of Pharmacy Services, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacy Services, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacy Services, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacy Services, Saint Joseph Hospital, Lexington, KY, United States of America
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Matsumura Y, Nakada TA, Abe T, Ogura H, Shiraishi A, Kushimoto S, Saitoh D, Fujishima S, Mayumi T, Shiino Y, Tarui T, Hifumi T, Otomo Y, Okamoto K, Umemura Y, Kotani J, Sakamoto Y, Sasaki J, Shiraishi SI, Takuma K, Tsuruta R, Hagiwara A, Yamakawa K, Masuno T, Takeyama N, Yamashita N, Ikeda H, Ueyama M, Fujimi S, Gando S. Nighttime and non-business days are not associated with increased risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with severe sepsis in intensive care units in Japan: The JAAM FORECAST study. J Crit Care 2019; 52:97-102. [PMID: 31035189 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Hospital services are reduced during off-hour such as nighttime or weekend. Investigations of the off-hour effect on initial management and outcomes in sepsis are very limited. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that patients who were diagnosed with severe sepsis during the nighttime or on non-business days had altered initial management and clinical outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with severe sepsis from 59 ICUs between 2016 and 2017 were enrolled. The patients were categorized according to the diagnosis time or day and were then compared. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. RESULTS One thousand one hundred and forty-eight patients were analyzed; 769 daytime patients, vs. 379 nighttime patients, and 791 business day patients vs. 357 non-business day patients. There were no significant differences in in-hospital mortality between either daytime and nighttime (24.4% vs. 21.4%, P = .27; nighttime, adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.17, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.87-1.59, P = .30) or between business and non-business days (22.9% vs. 24.6%, P = .55; non-business day, adjusted OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.60-1.22, P = .85). Time to antibiotics was significantly shorter in the nighttime (114 vs. 89 min, P = .0055). CONCLUSIONS Nighttime and weekends were not associated with increased in-hospital mortality of severe sepsis.
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- Yosuke Matsumura
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
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- Department of General Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan; Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Traumatology, Research Institute, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan
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- Center for General Medicine Education, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Trauma and Critical Care Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, Japan
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- Trauma and Acute Critical Care Center, Medical Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saga University Hospital, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Aizu Chuo Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
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- Emergency & Critical Care Center, Kawasaki Municipal Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Emergency & Critical Care Center, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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- Advanced Critical Care Center, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Advanced Emergency Medical Service Center, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Trauma, Critical Care Medicine, and Burn Center, Japan Community Healthcare Organization Chukyo Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Acute and Critical Care Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Tan HK, Kaushik M, Tan CW, Liew ZH, Teo SH, Loo CM, Ng LC, Choong LHL, Foo MWY. Augmented Adsorptive Blood Purification during Continuous Veno-Venous Haemodiafiltration in a Severe Septic, Acute Kidney Injury Patient: Use of oXiris®: A Single Centre Case Report. Blood Purif 2019; 47 Suppl 3:1-6. [PMID: 30982048 DOI: 10.1159/000499633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 11/19/2022]
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The use of the oXiris® haemofilter during continuous veno-venous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) for acute kidney injury (AKI) and severe sepsis is not completely understood. Although this filter has in vitro adsorptive properties for blood-borne cytokines and other humoural mediators of sepsis, its clinical usefulness is uncertain. Given its inherent adsorptive limitation for septic mediators, we developed a CVVHDF protocol in which the oXiris haemofilter was electively changed every 12 h even though there was no clotting or adverse circuit pressures. Augmented filter membrane adsorption was conducted for 3 consecutive days. We treated a critically ill patient with severe sepsis secondary to a gram-negative bacterial infection and sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA- AKI) in this way. The patient required high-dose vasopressor support, required mechanical ventilation, had received 12 h of CVVHDF with conventional M100 haemofilter, was on broad spectrum antibiotics and other conventional intensive care unit (ICU) care, prior to institution of the frequent oXiris haemofilter change protocol. Following the start of elective 12 hourly oXiris filter change, the patient showed reduction in the need for vasopressor and by Day 4 of this SA- AKI frequent filter change protocol, vasopressor requirement ceased, he was extubated. He survived ICU and but not hospital stay. To this end, more clinical studies are needed.
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore,
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singhealth-Duke Academic Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore
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Truong TN, Dunn AS, McCardle K, Glasser A, Huprikar S, Poor H, Raucher B, Poeran J. Adherence to fluid resuscitation guidelines and outcomes in patients with septic shock: Reassessing the "one-size-fits-all" approach. J Crit Care 2019; 51:94-8. [PMID: 30784983 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The Surviving Sepsis Campaign and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle (SEP-1) recommend rapid crystalloid infusion (≥30 mL/kg) for patients with sepsis-induced hypoperfusion or septic shock. We aimed to assess compliance with this recommendation, factors associated with non-compliance, and how compliance relates to mortality. DESIGN Retrospective, observational study. SETTING 1136-bed academic and 235-bed community hospital (January 2015-June 2016). PATIENTS Patients with septic shock. INTERVENTIONS Crystalloid infusion (≥30 mL/kg) within 6 h of identification of septic shock as required by CMS. MEASUREMENTS Associations with compliance and how compliance associates with mortality; odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) reported. MAIN RESULTS Overall, 1027 septic shock patients were included. Of these, 486 (47.3%) met the 6-hour 30 ml/kg fluid requirement. Compliance was lower in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) (40.9%), chronic kidney disease (CKD) (42.3%) or chronic liver disease (38.5%) and among those that were identified in the inpatient setting (35.4%) rather than in the emergency department (51.7%). When adjusting for relevant covariates, compliance (compared to non-compliance) was not associated with in-hospital mortality: OR 1.03 CI 0.76-1.41. CONCLUSIONS These findings question a "one-size-fits-all" approach to fluid administration and performance measures for patients with sepsis.
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Tang SY, Zhang SW, Zhang J, Dong JT, Wu JD, Guo P, Yang JT, Zhang WJ, Wu F. Effect of early fluid resuscitation combined with low dose cyclophosphamide on intestinal barrier function in severe sepsis rats. Drug Deliv Transl Res 2018; 8:1254-64. [PMID: 30112606 DOI: 10.1007/s13346-018-0573-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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To investigate the effect of early fluid resuscitation on intestinal microecology in rats with severe sepsis. The severe sepsis model used was mainly cecal ligation perforation (CLP) model. Male SD rats were randomly divided into five groups: sham, CLP, CLP + normal saline (NS), CLP + cyclophosphamide (CTX), and CLP + NS + CTX. (1) The levels of IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α in peripheral blood were measured by ELISA. (2) The expression of occludin/β-action in colonic tissue of mice was examined by Western Blot. (3) The intestinal permeability was measured by FD70 detection. (4) The length of the chorionic membrane was measured by colon histopathological staining. (5) The intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis was measured with the apoptosis index. (1) The rat model of severe sepsis was successfully replicated, and the 7-day survival rate of sepsis mice in each group was analyzed. (2) The expression level of splenic junction protein and the pathological damage in colonic tissue of the severe sepsis mice was significantly different between sham, CLP, CTX, NS, and NS + CTX (P < 0.05). The expression of tight junction protein in the NS + CTX mice was the highest, and the pathological damage was the smallest. (3) The colonic tissue apoptosis and intestinal permeability in the severe sepsis mice were compared with those of the colon tissues (P < 0.05). (4) The expression levels of IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α in peripheral blood were significantly increased after severe sepsis (P < 0.01). The expression of IL-6 and TNF-alpha in each treatment group decreased (P < 0.05), while the expression of IL-10 in NS + CTX group increased significantly (P < 0.01). (1) We successfully replicated the rat model of severe sepsis. (2) Early fluid intervention and cyclophosphamide treatment can significantly improve the 7-day survival rate of the sepsis mice. (3) The fluid resuscitation and cyclophosphamide can delay intestinal damage to the intestinal tract barrier function and play a protective role.
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Moman RN, Ostby SA, Akhoundi A, Kashyap R, Kashani K. Impact of individualized target mean arterial pressure for septic shock resuscitation on the incidence of acute kidney injury: a retrospective cohort study. Ann Intensive Care 2018; 8:124. [PMID: 30535664 PMCID: PMC6288098 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-018-0468-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To examine the relationship between delta mean arterial pressure (ΔMAP; MAP change between pre-admission minus post-resuscitation) and acute kidney injury (AKI) among patients with septic shock. In this retrospective, single-center cohort study of adult patients pre-admission MAP is defined as the median MAP recorded from 365 to 7 days before admission. Post-resuscitation MAP was median MAP during the 7th hour after initiating resuscitation. RESULTS In our cohort (N = 233; 55% male), the median (interquartile range [IQR]) age was 71 (58-81) years and the median (IQR) acute physiology, age, chronic health evaluation (APACHE) III score was 81 (66-97). Although those in the lowest ΔMAP quartile (-24.5 to 3.9 mmHg) had no demographic differences compared with the rest of the cohort, the odds ratio for AKI was 0.26 (95% CI 0.11-0.57) after adjustment for other known AKI risk factors. Among patients with a history of hypertension, the lowest quartile had an odds ratio for AKI of 0.12 (95% CI 0.04-0.37) after adjusting for risk factors for AKI in this cohort. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of AKI was lowest among those whose post-resuscitation MAP was closest to or higher than their pre-admission MAP. Further study regarding the effect of targeting the pre-admission MAP for post-resuscitation on the incidence of AKI is warranted.
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- Rajat N Moman
- Multidisciplinary Epidemiology and Translational Research in Intensive Care (METRIC), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Multidisciplinary Epidemiology and Translational Research in Intensive Care (METRIC), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Multidisciplinary Epidemiology and Translational Research in Intensive Care (METRIC), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Multidisciplinary Epidemiology and Translational Research in Intensive Care (METRIC), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.,Anesthesia Clinical Research Unit, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Multidisciplinary Epidemiology and Translational Research in Intensive Care (METRIC), Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. .,Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. .,Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Berlot G, Vassallo MC, Busetto N, Nieto Yabar M, Istrati T, Baronio S, Quarantotto G, Bixio M, Barbati G, Dattola R, Longo I, Chillemi A, Scamperle A, Iscra F, Tomasini A. Effects of the timing of administration of IgM- and IgA-enriched intravenous polyclonal immunoglobulins on the outcome of septic shock patients. Ann Intensive Care 2018; 8:122. [PMID: 30535962 PMCID: PMC6288102 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-018-0466-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The administration of endovenous immunoglobulins in patients with septic shock could be beneficial and preparations enriched with IgA and IgM (ivIgGAM) seem to be more effective than those containing only IgG. In a previous study Berlot et al. demonstrated that early administration of ivIgGAM was associated with lower mortality rate. We studied a larger population of similar patients aiming either to confirm or not this finding considering also the subgroup of patients with septic shock by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. METHODS Adult patients with septic shock in intensive care unit (ICU) treated with ivIgGAM from August 1999 to December 2016 were retrospectively examined. Collected data included the demographic characteristics of the patients, the diagnosis at admission, SOFA, SAPS II and Murray Lung Injury Score (LIS), characteristics of the primary infection, the adequacy of antimicrobial therapy, the delay of administration of ivIgGAM from the ICU admission and the outcome at the ICU discharge. Parametric and nonparametric tests and logistic regression were used for statistic analysis. RESULTS During the study period 107 (30%) of the 355 patients died in ICU. Survivors received the ivIgGAM earlier than nonsurvivors (median delay 12 vs 14 h), had significantly lower SAPS II, SOFA and LIS at admission and a lower rate of MDR- and fungal-related septic shock. The appropriateness of the administration of antibiotics was similar in survivors and nonsurvivors (84 vs 79%, respectively, p: n.s). The delay in the administration of ivIgGAM from the admission was associated with in-ICU mortality (odds ratio per 1-h increase = 1.0055, 95% CI 1.003-1.009, p < 0.001), independently of SAPS II, LIS, cultures positive for MDR pathogens or fungi and onset of septic shock. Only 46 patients (14%) had septic shock due to MDR pathogens; 21 of them (46%) died in ICU. Survivors had significantly lower SAPS II, SOFA at admission and delay in administration of ivIgGAM than nonsurvivors (median delay 18 vs 66 h). Even in this subgroup the delay in the administration of ivIgGAM from the admission was associated with an increased risk of in-ICU mortality (odds ratio 1.007, 95% CI 1.0006-1.014, p = 0.048), independently of SAPS II. CONCLUSIONS Earlier administration of ivIgGAM was associated with decreased risk of in-ICU mortality both in patients with septic shock caused by any pathogens and in patients with MDR-related septic shock.
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- Giorgio Berlot
- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy.
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Hospital, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Martino Hospital, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy
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- Biostatistics Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Strada di Fiume 447, 34149, Trieste, Italy
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Zallocco F, Osimani P, Carloni I, Romagnoli V, Angeloni S, Cazzato S. Assessment of clinical outcome of children with sepsis outside the intensive care unit. Eur J Pediatr 2018; 177:1775-1783. [PMID: 30225636 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-018-3247-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In 2016, in order to identify adult patients with sepsis who are likely to have poor outcomes, the Third International Consensus Definitions Task Force introduced a new bedside index, called the quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score. However, these new criteria have not been validated in the pediatric population. In this study, we sought to assess the qSOFA score for children with sepsis, who are being treated outside the pediatric intensive care units. The qSOFA criteria were revised and applied to a study population of 89 pediatric patients with sepsis, admitted in a pediatric tertiary referral center from 2006 to 2016. The analysis of prognostic performance of qSOFA score for the prediction of severe sepsis showed a sensitivity of 46% (95% CI, 27-67%), a specificity of 74% (95% CI, 62-85%), a positive predictive value of 43% (95% CI, 34-52%), and a negative predictive value of 77% (95% CI, 71-82%). The area under ROC curve for qSOFA score ≥ 2 was 0.602 (95% CI 0.492-0.705).Conclusion: The qSOFA score showed a low accuracy to identify children in the pediatric ward at risk for severe sepsis. Clinical tools are needed to facilitate the diagnosis of impending organ dysfunction in pediatric infection outside of the ICU. What is Known: • One of the major challenges for clinicians is to identify and recognize children with sepsis and impending organ dysfunction, in the emergency and in the pediatric department. • In 2016, members of the Sepsis-3 task force proposed qSOFA, an empirically derived score using simple clinical criteria, to assist clinicians in identifying adult patients with sepsis at risk for poor outcome. What is New: • qSOFA demonstrated insufficient clinical value to be recommended as a screening tool for pediatric sepsis outside ICU. • D-dimer level and blood glucose may be useful biomarkers to identify children at risk for severe sepsis.
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- Federica Zallocco
- Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, G. Salesi Children's Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, G. Salesi Children's Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, G. Salesi Children's Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, G. Salesi Children's Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, G. Salesi Children's Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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- Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, G. Salesi Children's Hospital, Ancona, Italy. .,Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Mother and Child Health, G. Salesi Children's Hospital, Via Corridoni 11, 60123, Ancona, Italy.
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Several new studies have emerged in recent years that have attempted to aid emergency department providers in recognizing and treating pediatric patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. National guidelines and supporting literature are unanimous in recommendations that early recognition and timely therapeutics are necessary for improved survival and decreased morbidity. The literature is less concrete in defining how emerging advances in the field can aid in time-sensitive care of these patients. This article summarizes the recent literature as it pertains to the initial presentation of severe sepsis and septic shock in the pediatric patient within the emergency department.
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- Raina Paul
- Pediatric Emergency Department, Division of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Children's Hospital, 1700 Luther Lane, Park Ridge, IL 60068, USA.
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