Relationship between corticosteroid use and incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in COVID-19 patients : a retrospective multicenter study

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BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is common in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. The aim of this ancillary analysis of the coVAPid multicenter observational retrospective study is to assess the relationship between adjuvant corticosteroid use and the incidence of VAP.

METHODS: Planned ancillary analysis of a multicenter retrospective European cohort in 36 ICUs. Adult patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation for more than 48 h for SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia were consecutively included between February and May 2020. VAP diagnosis required strict definition with clinical, radiological and quantitative microbiological confirmation. We assessed the association of VAP with corticosteroid treatment using univariate and multivariate cause-specific Cox's proportional hazard models with adjustment on pre-specified confounders.

RESULTS: Among the 545 included patients, 191 (35%) received corticosteroids. The proportional hazard assumption for the effect of corticosteroids on the incidence of VAP could not be accepted, indicating that this effect varied during ICU stay. We found a non-significant lower risk of VAP for corticosteroid-treated patients during the first days in the ICU and an increased risk for longer ICU stay. By modeling the effect of corticosteroids with time-dependent coefficients, the association between corticosteroids and the incidence of VAP was not significant (overall effect p = 0.082), with time-dependent hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) of 0.47 (0.17-1.31) at day 2, 0.95 (0.63-1.42) at day 7, 1.48 (1.01-2.16) at day 14 and 1.94 (1.09-3.46) at day 21.

CONCLUSIONS: No significant association was found between adjuvant corticosteroid treatment and the incidence of VAP, although a time-varying effect of corticosteroids was identified along the 28-day follow-up.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Critical care (London, England) - 26(2022), 1 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 292

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saura, Ouriel [VerfasserIn]
Rouzé, Anahita [VerfasserIn]
Martin-Loeches, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Povoa, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Kreitmann, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Antoni [VerfasserIn]
Metzelard, Matthieu [VerfasserIn]
Du Cheyron, Damien [VerfasserIn]
Lambiotte, Fabien [VerfasserIn]
Tamion, Fabienne [VerfasserIn]
Labruyere, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Boulle Geronimi, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Luyt, Charles-Edouard [VerfasserIn]
Nyunga, Martine [VerfasserIn]
Pouly, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Thille, Arnaud W [VerfasserIn]
Megarbane, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Saade, Anastasia [VerfasserIn]
Magira, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Llitjos, Jean-François [VerfasserIn]
Ioannidou, Iliana [VerfasserIn]
Pierre, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Reignier, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Garot, Denis [VerfasserIn]
Baudel, Jean-Luc [VerfasserIn]
Voiriot, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Plantefeve, Gaëtan [VerfasserIn]
Morawiec, Elise [VerfasserIn]
Asfar, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Boyer, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Mekontso-Dessap, Armand [VerfasserIn]
Bardaka, Fotini [VerfasserIn]
Diaz, Emili [VerfasserIn]
Vinsonneau, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Floch, Pierre-Edouard [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Ceccato, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Artigas, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Nora, David [VerfasserIn]
Duhamel, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Labreuche, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Nseir, Saad [VerfasserIn]
coVAPid Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Bouchereau, Mathilde [Sonstige Person]
Boyd, Sean [Sonstige Person]
Coelho, Luis [Sonstige Person]
Maizel, Julien [Sonstige Person]
Cuchet, Pierre [Sonstige Person]
Zarrougui, Wafa [Sonstige Person]
Boyer, Déborah [Sonstige Person]
Quenot, Jean-Pierre [Sonstige Person]
Imouloudene, Mehdi [Sonstige Person]
Pineton de Chambrun, Marc [Sonstige Person]
Van der Linden, Thierry [Sonstige Person]
Arrive, François [Sonstige Person]
Voicu, Sebastian [Sonstige Person]
Azoulay, Elie [Sonstige Person]
Moglia, Edgard [Sonstige Person]
Pene, Frédéric [Sonstige Person]
Cilloniz, Catia [Sonstige Person]
Thevenin, Didier [Sonstige Person]
Larrat, Charlotte [Sonstige Person]
Argaud, Laurent [Sonstige Person]
Guidet, Bertrand [Sonstige Person]
Contou, Damien [Sonstige Person]
Beurton, Alexandra [Sonstige Person]
Meguerditchian, David [Sonstige Person]
Razazi, Keyvan [Sonstige Person]
Tsolaki, Vassiliki [Sonstige Person]
Marzouk, Mehdi [Sonstige Person]
Brunin, Guillaume [Sonstige Person]
Marois, Clémence [Sonstige Person]
Morales, Luis [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Corticosteroids
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
SARS-CoV-2
Ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections

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Date Completed 29.09.2022

Date Revised 28.10.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13054-022-04170-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346831644