An individual patient data meta-analysis of wound care in patients with toxic epidermal necrolysis

© 2023 The Authors. Australasian Journal of Dermatology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian College of Dermatologists..

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) involves extensive mucocutaneous loss, and care is supportive. The approach to wound care includes surgical debridement or using dressings while leaving the epidermis intact. Robust evidence for either approach is lacking. We compared surgical debridement to the use of dressings while leaving the epidermis in situ (referred to hereon as dressings) in adult patients with TEN. The primary outcome assessed was mortality. The secondary outcome was time to re-epithelialisation. The impact of medications was evaluated. An individual patient data (IPD) systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken. A random effects meta-analysis and survival analysis for IPD data examined mortality, re-epithelisation time and the effect of systemic medications. The quality of evidence was rated per the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE). PROSPERO: CRD42021266611 Fifty-four studies involving 227 patients were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis, with a GRADE from very low to moderate. There was no difference in survival in patients who had surgical debridement or dressings (univariate: p = 0.91, multivariate: p = 0.31). Patients who received dressings re-epithelialised faster than patients who underwent debridement (multivariate HR: 1.96 [1.09-3.51], p = 0.023). Intravenous immunoglobulin (univariate HR: 0.21 [0.09-0.45], p < 0.001; multivariate HR: 0.22 [0.09-0.53], p < 0.001) and cyclosporin significantly reduced mortality (univariate HR: 0.09 [0.01-0.96], p = 0.046; multivariate HR: 0.06 [0.01-0.73], p = 0.028) irrespective of the wound care. This study supports the expert consensus of the dermatology hospitalists, that wound care in patients with TEN should be supportive with the epidermis left intact and supported with dressings, which leads to faster re-epithelialisation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

The Australasian journal of dermatology - 65(2024), 2 vom: 30. März, Seite 128-142

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, J S [VerfasserIn]
Mallitt, K [VerfasserIn]
Fischer, G [VerfasserIn]
Saunderson, R B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

83HN0GTJ6D
Cyclosporine
Debridement
Dressing
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Journal Article
Management
Meta-Analysis
Review
SJS
Systematic Review
TEN
Toxic epidermal necrolysis

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ajd.14193

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365541605