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Critical Care Science. 2025;37:e20250320
04-11-2025
DOI 10.62675/2965-2774.20250320
To evaluate the consistency of current evidence supporting the use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation to treat patients with cardiac arrest and assess the plausibility of implementing an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation program in a public health care system hospital in a middle-income country.
A systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression analysis, and trial sequence analysis were performed to assess the consistency of current evidence supporting the use of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation to treat patients with cardiac arrest. Additionally, a local cardiac arrest registry was analyzed to identify potential patients eligible for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The systematic review included 31 studies. The main and sensitivity analyses consistently demonstrated that extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation was associated with favorable neurological outcomes (cerebral performance category 1 or 2, RR 1.45, 95%CI 1.19 - 1.77) and survival (RR 1.29, 95%CI 1.10 - 1.52). Age was inversely related to neurological outcome and survival. Our cardiac arrest registry included 55 patients with a median age of 54 years and a survival rate of 18.2% (10/55). Survivors had an initial shockable rhythm. In the most inclusive scenario, 13 patients would have been eligible for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Under stricter criteria (age ≤ 65 years, low-flow time ≤ 30 min, and number of defibrillations ≥ 3), 4 patients would have been eligible.
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with refractory cardiac arrest is associated with improved neurological outcomes and survival. The use of an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation program in our hospital is plausible. Using conservative eligibility criteria, we estimate that at least four patients would be eligible for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation within six months of the program initiation.
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Critical Care Science. 2024;36:e20240005en
06-19-2024
DOI 10.62675/2965-2774.20240005-en
To investigate the factors influencing carbon dioxide transfer in a system that integrates an oxygenation membrane in series with high-bicarbonate continuous veno-venous hemodialysis in hypercapnic animals.
In an experimental setting, we induced severe acute kidney injury and hypercapnia in five female Landrace pigs. Subsequently, we initiated high (40mEq/L) bicarbonate continuous veno-venous hemodialysis with an oxygenation membrane in series to maintain a pH above 7.25. At intervals of 1 hour, 6 hours, and 12 hours following the initiation of continuous veno-venous hemodialysis, we performed standardized sweep gas flow titration to quantify carbon dioxide transfer. We evaluated factors associated with carbon dioxide transfer through the membrane lung with a mixed linear model.
A total of 20 sweep gas flow titration procedures were conducted, yielding 84 measurements of carbon dioxide transfer. Multivariate analysis revealed associations among the following (coefficients ± standard errors): core temperature (+7.8 ± 1.6 °C, p < 0.001), premembrane partial pressure of carbon dioxide (+0.2 ± 0.1/mmHg, p < 0.001), hemoglobin level (+3.5 ± 0.6/g/dL, p < 0.001), sweep gas flow (+6.2 ± 0.2/L/minute, p < 0.001), and arterial oxygen saturation (-0.5 ± 0.2%, p = 0.019). Among these variables, and within the physiological ranges evaluated, sweep gas flow was the primary modifiable factor influencing the efficacy of low-blood-flow carbon dioxide removal.
Sweep gas flow is the main carbon dioxide removal-related variable during continuous veno-venous hemodialysis with a high bicarbonate level coupled with an oxygenator. Other carbon dioxide transfer modulating variables included the hemoglobin level, arterial oxygen saturation, partial pressure of carbon dioxide and core temperature. These results should be interpreted as exploratory to inform other well-designed experimental or clinical studies.
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Critical Care Science. 2023;35(4):413-415
01-17-2023
DOI 10.5935/2965-2774.20230139-en
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Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva. 2022;34(4):402-409
03-03-2022
DOI 10.5935/0103-507X.20220299-en
To characterize the pressures, resistances, oxygenation, and decarboxylation efficacy of two oxygenators associated in series or in parallel during venous-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.
Using the results of a swine severe respiratory failure associated with multiple organ dysfunction venous-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support model and mathematical modeling, we explored the effects on oxygenation, decarboxylation and circuit pressures of in-parallel and in-series associations of oxygenators.
Five animals with a median weight of 80kg were tested. Both configurations increased the oxygen partial pressure after the oxygenators. The return cannula oxygen content was also slightly higher, but the impact on systemic oxygenation was minimal using oxygenators with a high rated flow (~ 7L/minute). Both configurations significantly reduced the systemic carbon dioxide partial pressure. As the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation blood flow increased, the oxygenator resistance decreased initially with a further increase with higher blood flows but with a small clinical impact.
Association of oxygenators in parallel or in series during venous-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support provides a modest increase in carbon dioxide partial pressure removal with a slight improvement in oxygenation. The effect of oxygenator associations on extracorporeal circuit pressures is minimal.
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Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva. 2020;32(1):37-42
05-08-2020
DOI 10.5935/0103-507X.20200007
To evaluate adherence to the stress ulcer prophylaxis protocol in critically ill patients at a tertiary university hospital.
In this prospective cohort study, we included all adult patients admitted to the medical and surgical intensive care units of an academic tertiary hospital. Our sole exclusion criterion was upper gastrointestinal bleeding at intensive care unit admission. We collected baseline variables and stress ulcer prophylaxis indications according to the institutional protocol and use of prophylaxis. Our primary outcome was adherence to the stress ulcer prophylaxis protocol. Secondary outcomes were appropriate use of stress ulcer prophylaxis, upper gastrointestinal bleeding incidence and factors associated with appropriate use of stress ulcer prophylaxis.
Two hundred thirty-four patients were enrolled from July 2nd through July 31st, 2018. Patients were 52 ± 20 years old, 125 (53%) were surgical patients, and the mean SAPS 3 was 52 ± 20. In the longitudinal follow-up, 1499 patient-days were studied; 1069 patient-days had stress ulcer prophylaxis indications, and 777 patient-days contained prophylaxis use (73% stress ulcer prophylaxis protocol adherence). Of the 430 patient-days without stress ulcer prophylaxis indications, 242 involved prophylaxis (56% inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis use). The overall appropriate use of stress ulcer prophylaxis was 64%. Factors associated with proper stress ulcer prophylaxis prescription were mechanical ventilation OR 2.13 (95%CI 1.64 - 2.75) and coagulopathy OR 2.77 (95%CI 1.66 - 4.60). The upper gastrointestinal bleeding incidence was 12.8%.
Adherence to the stress ulcer prophylaxis protocol was low and inappropriate use of stress ulcer prophylaxis was frequent in this cohort of critically ill patients.
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Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva. 2014;26(2):148-154
01-01-2014
DOI 10.5935/0103-507X.20140022
Patients with traumatic brain injury are particularly susceptible to sepsis, which may exacerbate the systemic inflammatory response and lead to organ dysfunction. The influence of clinical variables on the mortality of intensive care unit patients with traumatic brain injury and sepsis was investigated.
The present investigation was a retrospective study involving 175 patients with traumatic brain injury who were treated in a period of 1 year at a reference hospital for trauma and who had sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock. Demographic and clinical data were obtained, and the SOFA score was calculated at the time sepsis was found and after 72 hours.
There was a predominance of young men with severe traumatic brain injury, multiple head injuries, sepsis with a pulmonary focus, prolonged hospital stay, and high mortality (37.7%). Circulatory and respiratory failure had a high incidence, but renal and coagulation failure were less frequent, and liver failure was not observed. After logistic regression, the presence of septic shock and respiratory failure 72 hours after the sepsis diagnosis was associated with higher mortality, with an odds ratio of 7.56 (95%CI=2.04-27.31, p=0.0024) and 6.62 (95%CI=1.93-22.78, p=0.0027), respectively. In addition, there was a higher mortality among patients who had no organ failure on D1 but who developed the condition after 72 hours of sepsis and in those patients who already had organ failure at the time sepsis was diagnosed and remained in this condition after 72 hours.
Septic shock and progressive organ (particularly respiratory) dysfunction increases the mortality of patients with traumatic brain injury and sepsis.