Intracranial hemorrhage in COVID-19 patients during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure : a nationwide register study report

© 2022. The Author(s)..

BACKGROUND: In severe cases, SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), often treated by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). During ECMO therapy, anticoagulation is crucial to prevent device-associated thrombosis and device failure, however, it is associated with bleeding complications. In COVID-19, additional pathologies, such as endotheliitis, may further increase the risk of bleeding complications. To assess the frequency of bleeding events, we analyzed data from the German COVID-19 autopsy registry (DeRegCOVID).

METHODS: The electronic registry uses a web-based electronic case report form. In November 2021, the registry included N = 1129 confirmed COVID-19 autopsy cases, with data on 63 ECMO autopsy cases and 1066 non-ECMO autopsy cases, contributed from 29 German sites.

FINDINGS: The registry data showed that ECMO was used in younger male patients and bleeding events occurred much more frequently in ECMO cases compared to non-ECMO cases (56% and 9%, respectively). Similarly, intracranial bleeding (ICB) was documented in 21% of ECMO cases and 3% of non-ECMO cases and was classified as the immediate or underlying cause of death in 78% of ECMO cases and 37% of non-ECMO cases. In ECMO cases, the three most common immediate causes of death were multi-organ failure, ARDS and ICB, and in non-ECMO cases ARDS, multi-organ failure and pulmonary bacterial ± fungal superinfection, ordered by descending frequency.

INTERPRETATION: Our study suggests the potential value of autopsies and a joint interdisciplinary multicenter (national) approach in addressing fatal complications in COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Critical care (London, England) - 26(2022), 1 vom: 28. März, Seite 83

Sprache:

Englisch

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von Stillfried, Saskia [VerfasserIn]
Bülow, Roman David [VerfasserIn]
Röhrig, Rainer [VerfasserIn]
Meybohm, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Boor, Peter [VerfasserIn]
German Registry of COVID-19 Autopsies (DeRegCOVID), DeRegCOVID Collaborators# [VerfasserIn]
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Themen:

Autopsy
Bleeding events
COVID-19
ECMO
Intracranial bleeding
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Registry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 31.03.2022

Date Revised 01.04.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13054-022-03945-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338764585