Factors Associated With Prolonged Ventilation in Patients Receiving Prone Positioning Protocol With Muscle Relaxants for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

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BACKGROUND: Prone positioning and neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) are frequently used to treat severe respiratory failure from COVID-19 pneumonia. Prone positioning has shown to improve mortality, whereas NMBAs are used to prevent ventilator asynchrony and reduce patient self-inflicted lung injury. However, despite the use of lung-protective strategies, high death rates in this patient population have been reported.

METHODS: We retrospectively examined the factors affecting prolonged mechanical ventilation in subjects receiving prone positioning plus muscle relaxants. The medical records of 170 patients were reviewed. Subjects were divided into 2 groups according to ventilator-free days (VFDs) at day 28. Whereas subjects with VFDs < 18 d were defined as prolonged mechanical ventilation, subjects with VFDs ≥18 d were defined as short-term mechanical ventilation. Subjects' baseline status, status at ICU admission, therapy before ICU admission, and treatment in the ICU were studied.

RESULTS: Under the proning protocol for COVID-19, the mortality rate in our facility was 11.2%. The prognosis may be improved by avoiding lung injury in the early stages of mechanical ventilation. According to multifactorial logistic regression analysis, persistent SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in blood (P = .03), higher daily corticosteroid use before ICU admission (P = .007), delayed recovery of lymphocyte count (P < .001), and higher maximal fibrinogen degradation products (P = .039) were associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation. A significant relationship was found between daily corticosteroid use before admission and VFDs by squared regression analysis (y = -0.00008522x2 + 0.01338x + 12.8; x: daily corticosteroids dosage before admission [prednisolone mg/d]; y: VFDs/28 d, R2 = 0.047, P = .02). The peak point of the regression curve was 13.4 d at 78.5 mg/d of the equivalent prednisolone dose, which corresponded to the longest VFDs.

CONCLUSIONS: Persistent SARS-CoV-2 viral shedding in blood, high corticosteroid dose from the onset of symptoms to ICU admission, slow recovery of lymphocyte counts, and high levels of fibrinogen degradation products after admission were associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation in subjects with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

Enthalten in:

Respiratory care - 68(2023), 8 vom: 10. Aug., Seite 1075-1086

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hoshino, Taiki [VerfasserIn]
Uchiyama, Akinori [VerfasserIn]
Tokuhira, Natsuko [VerfasserIn]
Ishigaki, Suguru [VerfasserIn]
Koide, Moe [VerfasserIn]
Kubo, Naoko [VerfasserIn]
Enokidani, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Sakaguchi, Ryota [VerfasserIn]
Koyama, Yukiko [VerfasserIn]
Yoshida, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Hirata, Haruhiko [VerfasserIn]
Fujino, Yuji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9001-32-5
9PHQ9Y1OLM
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
COVID-19
Corticosteroid use
Fibrinogen
Invasive mechanical ventilation
Journal Article
Muscle relaxants
Prednisolone
Prone therapy
Ventilator-free days
Viral shedding

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Date Completed 21.07.2023

Date Revised 01.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4187/respcare.10567

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35723488X