High Rate of Venous Thromboembolism in Severe Pediatric Intestinal Failure

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OBJECTIVE: To quantify the rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with pediatric intestinal failure and identify associated risk factors.

STUDY DESIGN: We performed a retrospective cohort study in pediatric patients (<21 years old) with severe pediatric intestinal failure (≥90 consecutive days of parenteral nutrition) secondary to short bowel syndrome who were treated from 2014 to 2021 at an interdisciplinary intestinal rehabilitation program. The primary outcome was the incidence of VTE. Multivariable regression was performed to identify independent clinical predictors of VTE.

RESULTS: A total of 263 patients (59.7% male) met the criteria for inclusion. The cumulative incidence of VTE was 28.1%, with a rate of 0.32 VTEs per 1000 catheter-days. On univariate analysis, the number of catheter days, number of catheters, and history of central line-associated blood stream infection were associated with VTE. On multivariable logistic regression, a higher number of catheters was an independent risk factor for VTE (aOR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.06-1.29). Additionally, earlier gestational age was a risk factor for VTE such that every week decrease in gestational age conferred a 9% increased risk of VTE (aOR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.02-1.16).

CONCLUSIONS: In this retrospective study, 28.1% of patients with severe pediatric intestinal failure developed VTE; the number of catheters and early gestational age were noted to be independent risk factors for VTE. This high incidence of VTE highlights the need to investigate VTE in pediatric intestinal failure prospectively, including the potential benefit of prophylactic anticoagulation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:253

Enthalten in:

The Journal of pediatrics - 253(2023) vom: 21. Feb., Seite 152-157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Keefe, Gregory [VerfasserIn]
Culbreath, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Staffa, Steven J [VerfasserIn]
Carey, Alexandra N [VerfasserIn]
Jaksic, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Riten [VerfasserIn]
Modi, Biren P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticoagulation
Central venous catheter
Journal Article
Parenteral nutrition
Short bowel syndrome
Thrombosis

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Date Completed 21.03.2023

Date Revised 31.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.09.034

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346973759