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Suryawanshi G, Jonason DE, Munigala S, Ghai M, Amateau S, Azeem N, Mallery S, Freeman ML, Trikudanathan G. Incidence and risk factors for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) - A single center experience. Pancreatology 2024:S1424-3903(24)00687-2. [PMID: 39089978 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2024.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 07/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Inflammation-induced dysregulation of the coagulation cascade and vascular stasis in hospitalized patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) serve as a milieu for venous thromboembolism (VTE). Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are often underrecognized. We evaluated the incidence and risk factors for VTE in a cohort of patients with ANP. METHODS All adult patients with ANP at our center between 2009 and 2022 were followed for three months after index hospitalization and categorized into cases and controls based on development of VTE. Demographic, clinical, and radiologic characteristics during admission were compared. A multivariable analysis was done to identify independent predictors for VTE. A p value of <0.05 was taken as significant. RESULTS Among 643 ANP patients, 512 [males-350, median age-52 years] were eligible for inclusion. VTE developed in 64 (12.5 %) patients - 28 DVT (5 %), 22 PE (4 %) and both in 14 (3 %) after a median 16 days from the diagnosis of ANP. Significant independent predictors for VTE on multivariable analysis were age ≥60 years (OR 1.91; 95 % CI 1.04-3.53), peri-pancreatic extent of necrosis (OR 7.61; 95 % CI 3.94-14.70), infected necrosis (OR 2.26; 95 % CI 1.13-4.50) and total length of stay ≥14 days (OR 4.08; 95 % CI 1.75-9.50). CONCLUSIONS The overall incidence of VTE in our cohort of patients with ANP was 12.5 %, which was usually diagnosed within one month of hospitalization. High-risk patients can be stratified based on clinical and imaging characteristics and may benefit from intensive DVT screening and prophylaxis during hospitalization and following discharge.
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- Gaurav Suryawanshi
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minnesota, USA
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- St. Louis University Center for Health Outcomes Research, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Arizona Medical Center, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minnesota, USA.
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McGrath M, Sarhadi K, Harris MH, Baird-Daniel E, Greil M, Barrios-Anderson A, Robinson E, Fong CT, Walters AM, Lele AV, Wahlster S, Bonow R. Utility of Routine Surveillance Head Computed Tomography After Receiving Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Patients with Acute Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. World Neurosurg 2024; 185:e1114-e1120. [PMID: 38490443 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH) are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism and may require anticoagulation. We evaluated the utility of surveillance computed tomography (CT) in patients with tICH who required therapeutic anticoagulation. METHODS This single institution, retrospective study included adult patients with tICH who required anticoagulation within 4 weeks and had a surveillance head CT within 24 hours of reaching therapeutic anticoagulation levels. The primary outcome was hematoma expansion (HE) detected by the surveillance CT. Secondary outcomes included 1) changes in management in patients with HE on the surveillance head CT, 2) HE in the absence of clinical changes, and 3) mortality due to HE. We also compared mortality between patients who did and did not have a surveillance CT. RESULTS Of 175 patients, 5 (2.9%) were found to have HE. Most (n = 4, 80%) had changes in management including anticoagulation discontinuation (n = 4), reversal (n = 1), and operative management (n = 1). Two patients developed symptoms or exam changes prior to the head CT. Of the 3 patients (1.7%) without preceding exam changes, each had only very minor HE and did not require operative management. No patient experienced mortality directly attributed to HE. There was no difference in mortality between patients who did and those who did not have a surveillance scan. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that most patients with tICH who are started on anticoagulation could be followed clinically, and providers may reserve CT imaging for patients with changes in exam/symptoms or those who have a poor clinical examination to follow.
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- Margaret McGrath
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Quality Improvement, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Harborview Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Condon F, Grigorian A, Russell D, Demetriades D. Venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis in geriatric trauma patients with isolated severe traumatic brain injury. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2024; 50:197-203. [PMID: 37306760 PMCID: PMC10923966 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-023-02299-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH) has been shown to be associated with a decreased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and mortality compared to unfractionated heparin (UH) in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The aim of this study was to see if this association persists among a subset of patients, namely elderly patients with isolated TBI. METHODS This Trauma Quality Improvement Project (TQIP) database study included patients ≥ 65 years old with severe TBI (Abbreviated injury score [AIS] ≥ 3) that received either LMWH or UH for VTE prophylaxis. Patients with associated severe injuries (extracranial AIS ≥ 3), transferals, deaths < 72-h, hospitalization < 2 days, VTE chemoprophylaxis other than UH or LMWH, or with a history of bleeding diathesis were excluded. The association between VTE, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pulmonary embolism (PE) with VTE chemoprophylaxis was analyzed with multivariable analysis, subset analyses of different grades of AIS-head injury, and a 1:1 matched LWMH:UH cohort of patients. RESULTS Out of 14,926 patients, 11,036 (73.9%) received LMWH. Multivariate analysis showed that patients receiving LMWH had a decreased risk of mortality (OR 0.81, 95% CI 0.67-0.97, p < 0.001) but a similar risk of VTE (OR 0.83, 95% CI 0.63-1.08). Analysis according to head-AIS showed that LMWH was associated with a decreased risk of PE in patients AIS-3 but not in AIS 4 or 5. In a 1:1 matched cohort of LMWH:UH patients, the risk of PE, DVT and VTE were all similar but LMWH continued to be associated with a decreased risk of mortality (OR 0.81, CI 0.67-0.97, p = 0.023). CONCLUSION LMWH was associated with a decreased risk of overall mortality and reduced risk of PE compared to UH among geriatric patients with a severe head injury.
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- Freeman Condon
- Division of General Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, 333 City Blvd W, Orange, CA, 92868, USA.
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- Division of General Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Schellenberg M, Owattanapanich N, Emigh B, Van Gent JM, Egodage T, Murphy PB, Ball CG, Spencer AL, Vogt KN, Keeley JA, Doris S, Beiling M, Donnelly M, Ghneim M, Schroeppel T, Bradford J, Breinholt CS, Coimbra R, Berndtson AE, Anding C, Charles MS, Rieger W, Inaba K. When is it safe to start venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after blunt solid organ injury? A prospective American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2024; 96:209-215. [PMID: 37872669 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND The optimal time to initiate venous thromboembolism (VTE) chemoprophylaxis (VTEp) after blunt solid organ injury remains controversial, as VTE mitigation must be balanced against bleeding promulgation. Evidence from primarily small, retrospective, single-center work suggests that VTEp ≤48 hours is safe and effective. This study was undertaken to validate this clinical practice. METHODS Blunt trauma patients presenting to 19 participating trauma centers in North America were screened over a 1-year study period beginning between August 1 and October 1, 2021. Inclusions were age older than 15 years; ≥1 liver, spleen, or kidney injury; and initial nonoperative management. Exclusions were transfers, emergency department death, pregnancy, and concomitant bleeding disorder/anticoagulation/antiplatelet medication. A priori power calculation stipulated the need for 1,158 patients. Time of VTEp initiation defined study groups: Early (≤48 hours of admission) versus Late (>48 hours). Bivariate and multivariable analyses compared outcomes. RESULTS In total, 1,173 patients satisfied the study criteria with 571 liver (49%), 557 spleen (47%), and 277 kidney injuries (24%). The median patient age was 34 years (interquartile range, 25-49 years), and 67% (n = 780) were male. The median Injury Severity Score was 22 (interquartile range, 14-29) with Abbreviated Injury Scale Abdomen score of 3 (interquartile range, 2-3), and the median American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grade of solid organ injury was 2 (interquartile range, 2-3). Early VTEp patients (n = 838 [74%]) had significantly lower rates of VTE (n = 28 [3%] vs. n = 21 [7%], p = 0.008), comparable rates of nonoperative management failure (n = 21 [3%] vs. n = 12 [4%], p = 0.228), and lower rates of post-VTEp blood transfusion (n = 145 [17%] vs. n = 71 [23%], p = 0.024) when compared with Late VTEp patients (n = 301 [26%]). Late VTEp was independently associated with VTE (odd ratio, 2.251; p = 0.046). CONCLUSION Early initiation of VTEp was associated with significantly reduced rates of VTE with no increase in bleeding complications. Venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis initiation ≤48 hours is therefore safe and effective and should be the standard of care for patients with blunt solid organ injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic and Care Management; Level III.
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- Morgan Schellenberg
- From the Division of Acute Care Surgery (M.S., N.O., B.E., K.I.), LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Division of Acute Care Surgery (J.-M.V.G., W.R.), University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, Texas; Division of Trauma (T.E.), Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey; Division of Acute Care Surgery (P.B.M.), Froedtert Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Acute Care Surgery (C.G.B.), Foothills Medical Center, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Division of Acute Care Surgery (A.L.S.), Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Division of Acute Care Surgery (K.N.V.), London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Division of Trauma/Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care (J.A.K.), Harbor UCLA Medical Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Division of Acute Care Surgery (S.D.), Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio; Division of Acute Care Surgery (M.B.), Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; Division of Acute Care Surgery (M.D.), University of California Irvine, Irvine, California; Program in Trauma (M.G.), R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Division of Acute Care Surgery, UC Health Memorial Hospital (T.S.), University of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Division of Acute Care Surgery (J.B.), Dell Medical School, The University of Texas Austin, Austin, Texas; Division of Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care (C.S.B.), West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; Division of Acute Care Surgery (R.C.), Riverside University Health System Medical Center, University of California Riverside, Riverside; Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns, and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery (A.E.B.), University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California; Division of Acute Care Surgery (C.A.), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; and Division of Acute Care Surgery (M.S.C.), Ascension Medical Group St. John, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Efidi R, Rimande J, Agunloye A, Ogunseyinde A, Akinola R, Ogbole G. Sonographic Evaluation of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Hospitalized Neurosurgical Trauma Patients in Ibadan, Nigeria. Niger J Clin Pract 2023; 26:1833-1838. [PMID: 38158349 DOI: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_337_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized trauma patients. Ultrasonography (US) has replaced venography as the initial diagnostic tool for DVT. AIMS The study aimed to determine the incidence of lower limb DVT in hospitalized neurosurgical trauma patients in hospitalized neurosurgical patients. It also aimed to determine the effect of combined thrombo-prophylaxis on the incidence of lower limb deep DVT relative to a single regimen. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a prospective study of 154 adult neurotrauma patients who consecutively had lower limb Doppler ultrasound, initially within 72 hours of admissions and subsequently weekly or when DVT was suspected for the first 3 weeks of admission. The study spanned a 12-month period. The data generated were analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences software version 20, Chicago IL. Inc. Chi-square test was used to compare the outcome (DVT incidence) between single and combined prophylaxis groups. RESULTS The study participants consisted of 116 (75.3%) and 38 (24.7%) cases of head and spine injuries, respectively, with a mean age of 38.8 ± 6.3 years and 85.1% being males. A total of four cases of DVT were detected during the study period, with the majority of the cases (3) detected within the first week of admission, giving an incidence of 2.6%. All four cases of DVT were detected in patients on single thrombo-prophylaxis (4/55 = 7.3%), while none was found in those on a combined regimen (0/34, P = 0.046). CONCLUSION Most cases of DVT developed in the first week of hospitalization. Combined thrombo-prophylaxis was more effective than single regimen at reducing rate of DVT in neurosurgical trauma patients. Routine Doppler ultrasound DVT surveillance should be part of the management protocol for neurosurgical trauma patients on admission to increase DVT detection and prevent possible fatal pulmonary embolism.
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- R Efidi
- Department of Radiology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Taraba State University, Jalingo, Nigeria
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- Department of Radiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Radiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Department of Radiology, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Nigeria
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- Department of Radiology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Wu YT, Chien CY, Matsushima K, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Moore EE, Sauaia A, Knudson MM, Martin MJ. Early venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients with trauma intracranial hemorrhage: Analysis of the prospective multicenter Consortium of Leaders in Traumatic Thromboembolism study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2023; 95:649-656. [PMID: 37314427 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND The optimal time to initiate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTEp) for patients with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is controversial and must balance the risks of VTE with potential progression of ICH. We sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of early VTEp initiation after traumatic ICH. METHODS This is a secondary analysis of the prospective multicenter Consortium of Leaders in the Study of Thromboembolism study. Patients with head Abbreviated Injury Scale score of > 2 and with immediate VTEp held because of ICH were included. Patients were divided into VTEp ≤ or >48 hours and compared. Outcome variables included overall VTE, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism, progression of intracranial hemorrhage (pICH), or other bleeding events. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were performed. RESULTS There were 881 patients in total; 378 (43%) started VTEp ≤48 hours (early). Patients starting VTEp >48 hours (late) had higher VTE (12.4% vs. 7.2%, p = 0.01) and DVT (11.0% vs. 6.1%, p = 0.01) rates than the early group. The incidence of pulmonary embolism (2.1% vs. 2.2%, p = 0.94), pICH (1.9% vs. 1.8%, p = 0.95), or any other bleeding event (1.9% vs. 3.0%, p = 0.28) was equivalent between early and late VTEp groups. On multivariate logistic regression analysis, VTEp >48 hours (odds ratio [OR], 1.86), ventilator days >3 (OR, 2.00), and risk assessment profile score of ≥5 (OR, 6.70) were independent risk factors for VTE (all p < 0.05), while VTEp with enoxaparin was associated with decreased VTE (OR, 0.54, p < 0.05). Importantly, VTEp ≤48 hours was not associated with pICH (OR, 0.75) or risk of other bleeding events (OR, 1.28) (both p = NS). CONCLUSION Early initiation of VTEp (≤48 hours) for patients with ICH was associated with decreased VTE/DVT rates without increased risk of pICH or other significant bleeding events. Enoxaparin is superior to unfractionated heparin as VTE prophylaxis in patients with severe TBI. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic/Care Management; Level IV.
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- Yu-Tung Wu
- From the Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care (Y.-T.W., C.-Y.C., K.M., M.S., K.I., M.J.M.), LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (Y.-T.W.), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou; Department of General Surgery (C.-Y.C.), Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan; Department of Surgery (E.E.M.), Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health Center; School of Public Health (A.S.), University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado; and Department of Surgery (M.M.K.), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Filiberto DM, Byerly S, Lenart EK, Fischer PE, Kerwin AJ. Body Mass Index and Pharmacologic Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Traumatic Brain Injury. J Surg Res 2023; 291:245-249. [PMID: 37478648 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at risk for developing venous thromboembolic complications. Previous work suggests venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is protective compared to unfractionated heparin (UH) in trauma patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of body mass index (BMI) and type of pharmacological VTE prophylaxis in patients who develop VTE with severe TBI. METHODS Patients with a severe TBI who received VTE prophylaxis were queried from the 2019 American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program database. Demographics, injury characteristics, timing of VTE prophylaxis, and BMI were collected. Outcome measures include VTE, mortality, and neurosurgical interventions. RESULTS Of the 39,520 patients with severe TBI included in the study, 25,671 received LMWH and 13,849 received UH. Multivariable logistic regression found patients with a BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2 (odds ratio [OR] 1.375; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.180-1.603; P < 0.0001) and a BMI>30 kg/m2 (OR 1.831; 95% CI 1.570-2.137; P < 0.0001) were independent predictors of VTE. Patients with BMI of 25-29.9 kg/m2 (OR 1.145; 95% CI 1.016-1.289; P = 0.0265) have a higher risk of mortality. For every hour delay in initiation to VTE prophylaxis, patients were 0.2% more likely to develop VTE (OR 1.002; 95% CI 1.002-1.003; P < 0.0001). Patients treated with UH were more likely to develop VTE complications (OR 1.085; 95% CI 1.058-1.112; P < 0.0001) and have increased mortality (OR 1.116; 95% CI 1.094-1.139; P < 0.0001), regardless of BMI and time to initiation of prophylaxis, compared to patients treated with LMWH. CONCLUSIONS In patients with severe TBI, higher BMI was associated with an increased risk of VTE and death. Delay in VTE prophylaxis initiation was associated with an increased risk of VTE. LMWH had a protective association with VTE.
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- Dina M Filiberto
- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee
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Zhang Q, Kuang HM, Qiao DJ, Zhong XL, Kang JJ, Ma RN, Li M. Association Between High-Level D-Dimer at Admission and Early Intubation in Patients With Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Rep 2023; 4:715-723. [PMID: 37908323 PMCID: PMC10615076 DOI: 10.1089/neur.2023.0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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It is unclear who can benefit from tracheal intubation in the moderate (mTBI) traumatic brain injury (TBI) population. Given that mTBI patients are conscious, intubation can cause intense stress, possibly triggering neurological deterioration. Therefore, identifying potential risk factors for intubation in mTBI patients can serve as a valuable clinical warning. We sought to investigate whether elevated D-dimer is a possible risk factor for intubation in mTBI patients. Using the STROBE statement, adult patients with isolated TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score 9-13) treated at a high-volume neurotrauma center between January 2015 and December 2020 were reviewed. The demographics, clinical presentation, neuroimaging, and laboratory information were collected based on the patients' electronic medical record. D-dimer values were assessed from serum when patients were admitted to the hospital. The primary study end-point was that the mTBI patient was intubated within 72 h upon admission. A total of 557 patients with mTBI were finally included in this study. Of these, 85 (15.3%) patients were intubated. Multi-variate logistic regression analysis showed that high-level D-dimer (≥17.9mg/L) was significantly associated with early tracheal intubation in mTBI patients (odds ratio, 3.10 [1.16-8.25]; p = 0.024) after adjusting for age, sex, GCS scores, Marshall scores, and Injury Severity Scores. Sensitivity analysis showed that high-level D-dimer had a robust correlation with intubation in the different subgroups or after propensity score matching. High-level D-dimer on admission is an independent risk factor for early tracheal intubation in isolated mTBI patients.
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- Qi Zhang
- College of Basic Medicine, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospitals, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospitals, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospitals, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospitals, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospitals, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Cho YW, Scrushy M, Zhu M, DeAtkine E, Zhu M, Wan B, Fesmire A, Cripps M, Park C. Early administration of high dose enoxaparin after traumatic brain injury. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2023; 49:2295-2303. [PMID: 37405447 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-023-02317-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early enoxaparin 30 mg BID administration at 24 h post-injury has been demonstrated in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). However this dose can also yield subtherapeutic anti-Xa levels in 30-50% of trauma patients, suggesting that larger doses may be required for adequate prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism (VTE). The safety of enoxaparin 40 mg BID in trauma patients has previously been shown - however, these studies have largely excluded TBI patients. Therefore, we sought to demonstrate the safety of early enoxaparin 40 mg BID in a low-risk group of TBI patients. METHODS A retrospective review of TBI patients at a Level 1 trauma center was performed. Patients with stable computed tomography (CT) of the head at 6 to 24 h post-injury who received enoxaparin 40 mg BID were included and serial GCS evaluations to identify possible clinical complications. To evaluate the safety of this dosing regimen, data was then compared to patients from our institution with similar TBI profiles who had received 5,000 units (U) of subcutaneous heparin (SQH) prophylaxis. RESULTS 199 TBI patients were identified over a nine month period, 40/199 (19.7%) received DVT prophylaxis after traumatic injury. Of these 40, 19 (47.5%) received enoxaparin 40 mg BID and 21 (52.5%) received 5,000U of SQH. Low risk TBI patients who were either given enoxaparin (n = 7) or SQH (n = 4), demonstrated no clinical decline in mental status during their inpatient stay. CONCLUSION Prior studies have demonstrated that enoxaparin 40 mg BID dosing is superior to traditional VTE prophylaxis in trauma patients. However, TBI patients are often excluded from this dosing due to concern for progression. Our study showed no clinical decline in mental status in a small cohort of low-risk TBI patients who received enoxaparin 40 mg BID.
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- Young-Woo Cho
- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Division of Burns, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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Marshall WA, Dumitru AG, Chung SH, Johnston WA, Black KM, Adams LM, Berndtson AE, Costantini TW, Weaver JL. A majority of trauma-related deep venous thromboses resolve prior to discharge. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2023; 56:368-374. [PMID: 37452907 DOI: 10.1007/s11239-023-02863-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Post-traumatic DVTs present unique challenges in patient populations with specific high-risk injury patterns. Duplex ultrasound (US) can be used to assess evolution of DVTs and may guide treatment for high-risk patients. We hypothesized that many DVTs resolve during the initial admission. Weekly duplex US are ordered on all trauma inpatients regardless of prior DVT at our facility. We reviewed US and outcomes data on all patients with lower extremity DVTs at our Level I trauma center from January 2012-December 2021. 392 patients were diagnosed with lower extremity DVT by US. 261 (67%) patients received follow-up US with a mean time to repeat US of 6 days. Of these, 91 (35%) patients experienced DVT resolution prior to the first follow-up US, and 141 (54%) patients experienced resolution prior to discharge. Mean time to resolution was 10 days. Over 50% of DVTs resolve before discharge and are detected by US. Further studies and post-discharge follow-up are needed to determine if patients with resolved DVTs can be managed without therapeutic anticoagulation.
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- William A Marshall
- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA.
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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- Division of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr., #8896, San Diego, CA, 92103-8896, USA
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Bhattacharyay S, Caruso PF, Åkerlund C, Wilson L, Stevens RD, Menon DK, Steyerberg EW, Nelson DW, Ercole A. Mining the contribution of intensive care clinical course to outcome after traumatic brain injury. NPJ Digit Med 2023; 6:154. [PMID: 37604980 PMCID: PMC10442346 DOI: 10.1038/s41746-023-00895-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023] Open
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Existing methods to characterise the evolving condition of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) do not capture the context necessary for individualising treatment. Here, we integrate all heterogenous data stored in medical records (1166 pre-ICU and ICU variables) to model the individualised contribution of clinical course to 6-month functional outcome on the Glasgow Outcome Scale -Extended (GOSE). On a prospective cohort (n = 1550, 65 centres) of TBI patients, we train recurrent neural network models to map a token-embedded time series representation of all variables (including missing values) to an ordinal GOSE prognosis every 2 h. The full range of variables explains up to 52% (95% CI: 50-54%) of the ordinal variance in functional outcome. Up to 91% (95% CI: 90-91%) of this explanation is derived from pre-ICU and admission information (i.e., static variables). Information collected in the ICU (i.e., dynamic variables) increases explanation (by up to 5% [95% CI: 4-6%]), though not enough to counter poorer overall performance in longer-stay (>5.75 days) patients. Highest-contributing variables include physician-based prognoses, CT features, and markers of neurological function. Whilst static information currently accounts for the majority of functional outcome explanation after TBI, data-driven analysis highlights investigative avenues to improve the dynamic characterisation of longer-stay patients. Moreover, our modelling strategy proves useful for converting large patient records into interpretable time series with missing data integration and minimal processing.
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- Shubhayu Bhattacharyay
- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
- Laboratory of Computational Intensive Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, 20072, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section for Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- Laboratory of Computational Intensive Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section for Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Cambridge Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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Skrifvars MB, Luethi N, Bailey M, French C, Nichol A, Trapani T, McArthur C, Arabi YM, Bendel S, Cooper DJ, Bellomo R. The effect of recombinant erythropoietin on long-term outcome after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. Intensive Care Med 2023; 49:831-839. [PMID: 37405413 PMCID: PMC10353955 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-023-07141-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) administered for traumatic brain injury (TBI) may increase short-term survival, but the long-term effect is unknown. METHODS We conducted a pre-planned long-term follow-up of patients in the multicentre erythropoietin in TBI trial (2010-2015). We invited survivors to follow-up and evaluated survival and functional outcome with the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE) (categories 5-8 = good outcome), and secondly, with good outcome determined relative to baseline function (sliding scale). We used survival analysis to assess time to death and absolute risk differences (ARD) to assess favorable outcomes. We categorized TBI severity with the International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in TBI model. Heterogeneity of treatment effects were assessed with interaction p-values based on the following a priori defined subgroups, the severity of TBI, and the presence of an intracranial mass lesion and multi-trauma in addition to TBI. RESULTS Of 603 patients in the original trial, 487 patients had survival data; 356 were included in the follow-up at a median of 6 years from injury. There was no difference between treatment groups for patient survival [EPO vs placebo hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.73 (0.47-1.14) p = 0.17]. Good outcome rates were 110/175 (63%) in the EPO group vs 100/181 (55%) in the placebo group (ARD 8%, 95% CI [Formula: see text] 3 to 18%, p = 0.14). When good outcome was determined relative to baseline risk, the EPO groups had better GOSE (sliding scale ARD 12%, 95% CI 2-22%, p = 0.02). When considering long-term patient survival, there was no evidence for heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE) according to severity of TBI (p = 0.85), presence of an intracranial mass lesion (p = 0.48), or whether the patient had multi-trauma in addition to TBI (p = 0.08). Similarly, no evidence of treatment heterogeneity was seen for the effect of EPO on functional outcome. CONCLUSION EPO neither decreased overall long-term mortality nor improved functional outcome in moderate or severe TBI patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). The limited sample size makes it difficult to make final conclusions about the use of EPO in TBI.
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- Markus B Skrifvars
- Department of Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, PB 340, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Intensive Care Department, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Eastern, Kuopio, Finland
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Draganich C, Park A, Sevigny M, Charlifue S, Coons D, Makley M, Alvarez R, Fenton J, Berliner J. Venous Thromboembolism: Exploring Incidence and Utility of Screening in Individuals With Brain Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2023:S0003-9993(23)00087-4. [PMID: 36736807 DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of VTE in the population with brain injuries (BIs) using ultrasonography, and to assess the risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) development and/or bleeding complications related to anticoagulation. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Acute rehabilitation hospital. PARTICIPANTS 238 individuals with moderate to severe BI who were routinely screened for VTE with ultrasonography on admission to rehabilitation (N=238). INTERVENTIONS Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Retrospective chart review was performed to identify individuals who were diagnosed with VTE at the following 3 time points: in acute care prior to admission to rehabilitation, at the time of admission diagnosed via screening examination, and after admission to rehabilitation. Additionally, risk factors for VTE, PE, and incidence of bleeding complications related to therapeutic anticoagulation were assessed. RESULTS 123 deep vein thromboses (DVTs) were identified with 38.2% in acute care (n=47), 69.1% on admission to rehabilitation (n=85), and 7.3% during the course of rehabilitation stay (n=9). Risk factors for development of VTE included age at injury, body mass index, injury etiology, history of neurosurgical procedure, and surgery during inpatient rehabilitation. Of those who were placed on therapeutic anticoagulation due to admission diagnosis of VTE (n=50), 2% developed recurrent DVT and 2% had bleeding complications. There was zero incidence of PE. CONCLUSION We demonstrated a high prevalence of VTEs identified on screening ultrasonography on admission to inpatient rehabilitation among individuals with moderate to severe BIs, and low complications related to anticoagulation. Given the findings of this study, prospective research in ultrasonography screening for VTE in moderate to severe BI is needed.
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- Christina Draganich
- University of Colorado Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aurora, CO.
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- University of Colorado Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aurora, CO; Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
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- University of Colorado Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aurora, CO; VHA Spinal Cord Injury & Disorders, Aurora, CO
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- University of Colorado Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aurora, CO; Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
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- University of Colorado Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Aurora, CO; Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO
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Mathur R, Suarez JI. Coagulopathy in Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury: Myth or Reality. Neurocrit Care 2022; 38:429-438. [PMID: 36513794 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-022-01647-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has been shown to be associated with altered hemostasis and coagulopathy, that correlates with worsening secondary injury and clinical outcomes. Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury (iTBI), that is TBI without significant extracranial injuries, has also been shown to be associated with systemic coagulopathy and derangements in hemostasis. METHODS Literature Review. RESULTS Present your results in logical sequence in the text, tables, and figures, giving the main or most important findings first. Do not repeat all the data in the tables or figures in the text; emphasize or summarize only the most important observations. Provide data on all primary and secondary outcomes identified in the Methods section. Give numeric results not only as derivatives (e.g. percentages) but also as the absolute numbers from which the derivatives were calculated, and specify the statistical significance attached to them, if any. DISCUSSION In this review, we provide an overview of the pathophysiology of the hemostatic disturbances caused by iTBI, review key clinical findings and discrepancies in the way this question has been approached, describe the use and role of global viscoelastic assays such as the thromboelastrogram, and detail principles for reversal of pre-injury blood thinners. CONCLUSIONS iTBI is clearly associated with the development of coagulopathy, but the extent to which it occurs is confounded by the fact that many of the studies have included patients with moderate extracranial trauma into the iTBI category. The coagulopathy itself has been better studied in preclinical models, and the mechanisms driving it suggest a pattern consistent with disseminated intravascular coagulation with hyperfibrinolysis. We provide pragmatic clinical takeaways and suggestions for future research.
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- Rohan Mathur
- Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Departments of Neurology, Anesthesiology, and Critical Care Medicine and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Phipps 455, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Division of Neurosciences Critical Care, Departments of Neurology, Anesthesiology, and Critical Care Medicine and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Phipps 455, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Maas AIR, Menon DK, Manley GT, Abrams M, Åkerlund C, Andelic N, Aries M, Bashford T, Bell MJ, Bodien YG, Brett BL, Büki A, Chesnut RM, Citerio G, Clark D, Clasby B, Cooper DJ, Czeiter E, Czosnyka M, Dams-O’Connor K, De Keyser V, Diaz-Arrastia R, Ercole A, van Essen TA, Falvey É, Ferguson AR, Figaji A, Fitzgerald M, Foreman B, Gantner D, Gao G, Giacino J, Gravesteijn B, Guiza F, Gupta D, Gurnell M, Haagsma JA, Hammond FM, Hawryluk G, Hutchinson P, van der Jagt M, Jain S, Jain S, Jiang JY, Kent H, Kolias A, Kompanje EJO, Lecky F, Lingsma HF, Maegele M, Majdan M, Markowitz A, McCrea M, Meyfroidt G, Mikolić A, Mondello S, Mukherjee P, Nelson D, Nelson LD, Newcombe V, Okonkwo D, Orešič M, Peul W, Pisică D, Polinder S, Ponsford J, Puybasset L, Raj R, Robba C, Røe C, Rosand J, Schueler P, Sharp DJ, Smielewski P, Stein MB, von Steinbüchel N, Stewart W, Steyerberg EW, Stocchetti N, Temkin N, Tenovuo O, Theadom A, Thomas I, Espin AT, Turgeon AF, Unterberg A, Van Praag D, van Veen E, Verheyden J, Vyvere TV, Wang KKW, Wiegers EJA, Williams WH, Wilson L, Wisniewski SR, Younsi A, Yue JK, Yuh EL, Zeiler FA, Zeldovich M, Zemek R. Traumatic brain injury: progress and challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research. Lancet Neurol 2022; 21:1004-1060. [PMID: 36183712 PMCID: PMC10427240 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(22)00309-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 110.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has the highest incidence of all common neurological disorders, and poses a substantial public health burden. TBI is increasingly documented not only as an acute condition but also as a chronic disease with long-term consequences, including an increased risk of late-onset neurodegeneration. The first Lancet Neurology Commission on TBI, published in 2017, called for a concerted effort to tackle the global health problem posed by TBI. Since then, funding agencies have supported research both in high-income countries (HICs) and in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In November 2020, the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of WHO, passed resolution WHA73.10 for global actions on epilepsy and other neurological disorders, and WHO launched the Decade for Action on Road Safety plan in 2021. New knowledge has been generated by large observational studies, including those conducted under the umbrella of the International Traumatic Brain Injury Research (InTBIR) initiative, established as a collaboration of funding agencies in 2011. InTBIR has also provided a huge stimulus to collaborative research in TBI and has facilitated participation of global partners. The return on investment has been high, but many needs of patients with TBI remain unaddressed. This update to the 2017 Commission presents advances and discusses persisting and new challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research. In LMICs, the occurrence of TBI is driven by road traffic incidents, often involving vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists and pedestrians. In HICs, most TBI is caused by falls, particularly in older people (aged ≥65 years), who often have comorbidities. Risk factors such as frailty and alcohol misuse provide opportunities for targeted prevention actions. Little evidence exists to inform treatment of older patients, who have been commonly excluded from past clinical trials—consequently, appropriate evidence is urgently required. Although increasing age is associated with worse outcomes from TBI, age should not dictate limitations in therapy. However, patients injured by low-energy falls (who are mostly older people) are about 50% less likely to receive critical care or emergency interventions, compared with those injured by high-energy mechanisms, such as road traffic incidents. Mild TBI, defined as a Glasgow Coma sum score of 13–15, comprises most of the TBI cases (over 90%) presenting to hospital. Around 50% of adult patients with mild TBI presenting to hospital do not recover to pre-TBI levels of health by 6 months after their injury. Fewer than 10% of patients discharged after presenting to an emergency department for TBI in Europe currently receive follow-up. Structured follow-up after mild TBI should be considered good practice, and urgent research is needed to identify which patients with mild TBI are at risk for incomplete recovery. The selection of patients for CT is an important triage decision in mild TBI since it allows early identification of lesions that can trigger hospital admission or life-saving surgery. Current decision making for deciding on CT is inefficient, with 90–95% of scanned patients showing no intracranial injury but being subjected to radiation risks. InTBIR studies have shown that measurement of blood-based biomarkers adds value to previously proposed clinical decision rules, holding the potential to improve efficiency while reducing radiation exposure. Increased concentrations of biomarkers in the blood of patients with a normal presentation CT scan suggest structural brain damage, which is seen on MR scanning in up to 30% of patients with mild TBI. Advanced MRI, including diffusion tensor imaging and volumetric analyses, can identify additional injuries not detectable by visual inspection of standard clinical MR images. Thus, the absence of CT abnormalities does not exclude structural damage—an observation relevant to litigation procedures, to management of mild TBI, and when CT scans are insufficient to explain the severity of the clinical condition. Although blood-based protein biomarkers have been shown to have important roles in the evaluation of TBI, most available assays are for research use only. To date, there is only one vendor of such assays with regulatory clearance in Europe and the USA with an indication to rule out the need for CT imaging for patients with suspected TBI. Regulatory clearance is provided for a combination of biomarkers, although evidence is accumulating that a single biomarker can perform as well as a combination. Additional biomarkers and more clinical-use platforms are on the horizon, but cross-platform harmonisation of results is needed. Health-care efficiency would benefit from diversity in providers. In the intensive care setting, automated analysis of blood pressure and intracranial pressure with calculation of derived parameters can help individualise management of TBI. Interest in the identification of subgroups of patients who might benefit more from some specific therapeutic approaches than others represents a welcome shift towards precision medicine. Comparative-effectiveness research to identify best practice has delivered on expectations for providing evidence in support of best practices, both in adult and paediatric patients with TBI. Progress has also been made in improving outcome assessment after TBI. Key instruments have been translated into up to 20 languages and linguistically validated, and are now internationally available for clinical and research use. TBI affects multiple domains of functioning, and outcomes are affected by personal characteristics and life-course events, consistent with a multifactorial bio-psycho-socio-ecological model of TBI, as presented in the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) 2022 report. Multidimensional assessment is desirable and might be best based on measurement of global functional impairment. More work is required to develop and implement recommendations for multidimensional assessment. Prediction of outcome is relevant to patients and their families, and can facilitate the benchmarking of quality of care. InTBIR studies have identified new building blocks (eg, blood biomarkers and quantitative CT analysis) to refine existing prognostic models. Further improvement in prognostication could come from MRI, genetics, and the integration of dynamic changes in patient status after presentation. Neurotrauma researchers traditionally seek translation of their research findings through publications, clinical guidelines, and industry collaborations. However, to effectively impact clinical care and outcome, interactions are also needed with research funders, regulators, and policy makers, and partnership with patient organisations. Such interactions are increasingly taking place, with exemplars including interactions with the All Party Parliamentary Group on Acquired Brain Injury in the UK, the production of the NASEM report in the USA, and interactions with the US Food and Drug Administration. More interactions should be encouraged, and future discussions with regulators should include debates around consent from patients with acute mental incapacity and data sharing. Data sharing is strongly advocated by funding agencies. From January 2023, the US National Institutes of Health will require upload of research data into public repositories, but the EU requires data controllers to safeguard data security and privacy regulation. The tension between open data-sharing and adherence to privacy regulation could be resolved by cross-dataset analyses on federated platforms, with the data remaining at their original safe location. Tools already exist for conventional statistical analyses on federated platforms, however federated machine learning requires further development. Support for further development of federated platforms, and neuroinformatics more generally, should be a priority. This update to the 2017 Commission presents new insights and challenges across a range of topics around TBI: epidemiology and prevention (section 1 ); system of care (section 2 ); clinical management (section 3 ); characterisation of TBI (section 4 ); outcome assessment (section 5 ); prognosis (Section 6 ); and new directions for acquiring and implementing evidence (section 7 ). Table 1 summarises key messages from this Commission and proposes recommendations for the way forward to advance research and clinical management of TBI.
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- Andrew I R Maas
- Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Section of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Intensive Care, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Critical Care Medicine, Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Neurology and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School; ELKH-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group; and Neurotrauma Research Group, Janos Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Neurological Surgery and Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, Universita Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- NeuroIntensive Care, San Gerardo Hospital, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Monza, Monza, Italy
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- Brain Physics Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical School; ELKH-PTE Clinical Neuroscience MR Research Group; and Neurotrauma Research Group, Janos Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Brain Physics Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance and Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology and Center for Brain Injury and Repair, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, Netherlands
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- College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Brain and Spinal Injury Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Sciences, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre and JPN Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Indiana University School of Medicine, Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Section of Neurosurgery, GB1, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Brain Physics Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Biostatistics Research Center, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Brain Physics Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Brain Physics Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research, Health Services Research Section, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Witten/Herdecke University, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Global Health and Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Section for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, APHP, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Diagnostiche, University of Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Brain Physics Lab, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, UCSD School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Milan University, and Neuroscience ICU, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Departments of Neurological Surgery, and Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Rehabilitation and Brain Trauma, Turku University Hospital, and Department of Neurology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences, Faculty of Health and Environmental Studies, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Université Laval, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departments of Clinical Psychology and Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital, and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (MOVANT), Antwerp University Hospital, and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology Research, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Departments of Surgery, Human Anatomy and Cell Science, and Biomedical Engineering, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences and Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, ON, Canada
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Ang D, Pierre K, Armstrong J, Dunne J, Flaherty S, Gonzalez E, McKenney M, Offner P, Plurad D, Liu H, Ziglar M. Timing and Type of Venous Thromboembolic Chemoprophylaxis Is Associated with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes. Neurotrauma Rep 2022; 3:511-521. [DOI: 10.1089/neur.2022.0048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Darwin Ang
- Department of Trauma, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala, Florida, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Department of Trauma, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala, Florida, USA
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Medical Center, Memorial Health University, Savannah, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Trauma, Del Sol Medical Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
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- Department of Trauma, South Austin Medical Center, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Department of Trauma, Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Trauma, Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Trauma, Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Trauma, HCA Florida Ocala Hospital, Ocala, Florida, USA
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- Clinical Services Group, Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Prognostic Significance of Plasma Insulin Level for Deep Venous Thrombosis in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Critical Care. Neurocrit Care 2022; 38:263-278. [PMID: 36114315 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-022-01588-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Whether insulin resistance underlies deep venous thrombosis (DVT) development in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is unclear. In this study, the association between plasma insulin levels and DVT was analyzed in patients with severe TBI. METHODS A prospective observational study of 73 patients measured insulin, glucose, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), inflammatory factors, and hematological profiles within four preset times during the first 14 days after TBI. Ultrasonic surveillance of DVT was tracked. Two-way analysis of variance was used to determine the factors that discriminated between patients with and without DVT or with and without insulin therapy. Partial correlations of insulin level with all the variables were conducted separately in patients with DVT or patients without DVT. Factors associated with DVT were analyzed by multivariable logistic regression. Neurological outcomes 6 months after TBI were assessed. RESULTS Among patients with a mean (± standard deviation) age of 53 (± 16 years), DVT developed in 20 patients (27%) on median 10.4 days (range 4-22), with higher Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores but similar Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scores and TBI severity. Patients with DVT were more likely to receive insulin therapy than patients without DVT (60% vs. 28%; P = 0.012); hence, they had higher 14-day insulin levels. However, insulin levels were comparable between patients with DVT and patients without DVT in the subgroups of patients with insulin therapy (n = 27) and patients without insulin therapy (n = 46). The platelet profile significantly discriminated between patients with and without DVT. Surprisingly, none of the coagulation profiles, blood cell counts, or inflammatory mediators differed between the two groups. Patients with insulin therapy had significantly higher insulin (P = 0.006), glucose (P < 0.001), and GLP-1 (P = 0.01) levels and were more likely to develop DVT (60% vs. 15%; P < 0.001) along with concomitant platelet depletion. Insulin levels correlated with glucose, GLP-1 levels, and platelet count exclusively in patients without DVT. Conversely, in patients with DVT, insulin correlated negatively with GLP-1 levels (P = 0.016). Age (P = 0.01) and elevated insulin levels at days 4-7 (P = 0.04) were independently associated with DVT. Patients with insulin therapy also showed worse Glasgow Outcome Scale scores (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Elevated insulin levels in the first 14 days after TBI may indicate insulin resistance, which is associated with platelet hyperactivity, and thus increasing the risk of DVT.
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During sepsis, an initial prothrombotic shift takes place, in which coagulatory acute-phase proteins are increased, while anticoagulatory factors and platelet count decrease. Further on, the fibrinolytic system becomes impaired, which contributes to disease severity. At a later stage in sepsis, coagulation factors may become depleted, and sepsis patients may shift into a hypo-coagulable state with an increased bleeding risk. During the pro-coagulatory shift, critically ill patients have an increased thrombosis risk that ranges from developing micro-thromboses that impair organ function to life-threatening thromboembolic events. Here, thrombin plays a key role in coagulation as well as in inflammation. For thromboprophylaxis, low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) and unfractionated heparins (UFHs) are recommended. Nevertheless, there are conditions such as heparin resistance or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), wherein heparin becomes ineffective or even puts the patient at an increased prothrombotic risk. In these cases, argatroban, a direct thrombin inhibitor (DTI), might be a potential alternative anticoagulatory strategy. Yet, caution is advised with regard to dosing of argatroban especially in sepsis. Therefore, the starting dose of argatroban is recommended to be low and should be titrated to the targeted anticoagulation level and be closely monitored in the further course of treatment. The authors of this review recommend using DTIs such as argatroban as an alternative anticoagulant in critically ill patients suffering from sepsis or COVID-19 with suspected or confirmed HIT, HIT-like conditions, impaired fibrinolysis, in patients on extracorporeal circuits and patients with heparin resistance, when closely monitored.
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Shulkosky MM, Han EJ, Wahl WL, Hecht JP. Effects of Early Chemoprophylaxis in Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism. Am Surg 2022:31348221102604. [PMID: 35575013 DOI: 10.1177/00031348221102604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND The optimal timing to initiate venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is still unknown. We designed a study to determine the effect that timing of initiation of VTE prophylaxis has on VTE rates in TBI patients. METHODS Patient records were obtained from 32 level 1 and 2 trauma centers in the Michigan Trauma Quality Improvement Program from 2008 to 2018. Overall, 5589 patients with a TBI were included and split into cohorts based on VTE prophylaxis initiation time. Outcomes included rate of VTE, mortality, and serious in-hospital complications. RESULTS There were nine patients (1.3%) in the <24 hour group with a VTE as compared to 36 (2.6%) in the 24-48 hour group, 51 (4.1%) in the 48-72 hour group, and 181 (8.1%) in the >72 hour group (P < .001). The adjusted odds of VTE were significantly greater in patients initiated within 48-72 hours (AOR 2.861, 95% CI 1.271-6.439) and >72 hours (AOR 3.963, 95% CI 1.824-8.612) compared to <24 hours. Patients that received VTE prophylaxis within 24 hours had similar rates of serious in-hospital complication as patients initiated within 24-48 hours (AOR .956, 95% CI .637-1.434) and 48-72 hour (AOR 1.132, 95% CI .757-1.692) but less than the >72 hour group (AOR 1.662, 95% CI 1.154-2.393) groups. DISCUSSION Patients initiated on VTE prophylaxis within 48 hours of presentation had lower incidence of VTE without a significant increase in serious complications.
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- Megan M Shulkosky
- Department of Pharmacy, 2569Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, 21614University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Surgery, 12306The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, 159837St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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van Minnen O, van den Bergh WM, Droogh JM, Koehorst L, Lagrand WK, Raasveld SJ, Oude Lansink-Hartgring A, Terpstra A, Smit JM, Tuinman PR, Vlaar APJ. Incidence and risk factors of deep vein thrombosis after extracorporeal life support. Artif Organs 2022; 46:1893-1900. [PMID: 35466442 PMCID: PMC9546164 DOI: 10.1111/aor.14271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Background Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after decannulation of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is not uncommon. Moreover, the impact of anticoagulation and potential risk factors is unclear. Furthermore, it is unclear if cannula‐associated DVT is more common in ECLS patients compared to critically ill patients without ECLS. Methods All adult patients who were successfully weaned from ECLS and were screened for DVT following decannulation were included in this observational cohort study. The incidence of post‐ECLS‐DVT was assessed and the cannula‐associated DVT rate was compared with that of patients without ECLS after central venous catheter (CVC) removal. The correlation between the level of anticoagulation, risk factors, and post‐ECLS‐DVT was determined. Results We included 30 ECLS patients and 53 non‐ECLS patients. DVT was found in 15 patients (50%) of which 10 patients had a DVT in a cannulated vein. No correlation between the level of anticoagulation and DVT was found. V‐V ECLS mode was the only independent risk factor for post‐ECLS‐DVT (OR 5.5; 95%CI 1.16–26.41). We found no difference between the ECLS and non‐ECLS cohorts regarding cannula‐associated DVT rate (33% vs. 32%). Conclusion Post‐ECLS‐DVT is a common finding that occurs in half of all patients supported with ECLS. The incidence of cannula‐associated DVT was equal to CVC‐associated DVT in critically ill patients without ECLS. V‐V ECLS was an independent risk factor for post‐ECLS‐DVT.
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- Olivier van Minnen
- Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Location AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Location AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Location AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Location AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Location VUmc), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Location VUmc), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center (Location AMC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Nguyen T, Sharma M, Crooks P, Patel PV, Bonow RH, Creutzfeldt CJ, Wahlster S. Between scylla and charybdis: risks of early therapeutic anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism after acute intracranial hemorrhage. Br J Neurosurg 2022; 36:251-257. [PMID: 35343356 DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2022.2054944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of hematoma expansion in patients with acute intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) requiring therapeutic anticoagulation for the treatment of venous thromboembolism. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed all patients at our institution between 2014 and 2019 who were therapeutically anticoagulated for venous thromboembolism within 4 weeks after ICH. We included subtypes of traumatic ICH and spontaneous intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Our main outcome was the incidence of hematoma expansion within 14 days from initiating therapeutic anticoagulation. Hematoma expansion was defined as (1) radiographically proven expansion leading to cessation of therapeutic anticoagulation or (2) death due to hematoma expansion. Secondary outcomes included mortality due to hematoma expansion and characteristics associated with hematoma expansion. RESULTS Fifty patients met inclusion criteria (mean age: 54 years, 80% male, 76% Caucasian); 24% had undergone a neurosurgical procedure prior to therapeutic anticoagulation. Median time from ICH to therapeutic anticoagulation initiation was 9.5 days (IQR 4-17), 40% received therapeutic anticoagulation in <7 days after ICH. Six patients (12%) developed hematoma expansion, of whom two (4%) died. While not statistically significant, patients with hematoma expansion tended to be older (57.8 vs. 53.5 years), were anticoagulated sooner (4 vs. 10 days), presented with lower GCS (50% vs. 39% with GCS <8), higher hematoma volume (50% vs. 42% >30 cc), and higher SDH diameter (16 mm vs. 8.35 mm). There was a trend towards greater risk of hematoma expansion for patients undergoing endoscopic ICH evacuation (16% vs. 2%, p = 0.09); patients with hematoma expansion were more likely to present with hydrocephalus (67% vs. 16%, p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS Our study is among the first to explore characteristics associated with hematoma expansion in patients undergoing therapeutic anticoagulation after acute ICH. Larger studies in different ICH subtypes are needed to identify determinants of hematoma expansion in this high-acuity population.
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- Thuhien Nguyen
- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Kobeissy F, Mallah K, Zibara K, Dakroub F, Dalloul Z, Nasser M, Nasrallah L, Mallah Z, El-Achkar GA, Ramadan N, Mohamed W, Mondello S, Hamade E, Habib A. The effect of clopidogrel and aspirin on the severity of traumatic brain injury in a rat model. Neurochem Int 2022; 154:105301. [PMID: 35121011 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2022.105301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Aspirin (ASA) and clopidogrel (CLOP) are antiplatelet agents that inhibit platelet aggregation. They are implicated in worsening the intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) risk post-TBI. However, antiplatelet drugs may also exert a neuroprotective effect post-injury. We determined the impact of aspirin and clopidogrel treatment, alone or in combination, on ICH and brain damage in an experimental rat TBI model. We assessed changes in platelet aggregation and measured serum thromboxane by enzyme immune assay. We also explored a panel of brain damage and apoptosis biomarkers by immunoblotting. Rats were treated with aspirin and/or clopidogrel for 48 h prior to TBI and sacrificed 48 h post-injury. In rats treated with antiplatelet agents prior to TBI, platelet aggregation was completely inhibited, and serum thromboxane was significantly decreased, compared to the TBI group without treatment. TBI increases UCHL-1 and GFAP, but decreases hexokinase expression compared to the non-injured controls. All groups treated with antiplatelet drugs prior to TBI had decreased UCH-L1 and GFAP serum levels compared to the TBI untreated group. Furthermore, the ASA and CLOP single treatments increased the hexokinase serum levels. We confirmed that αII-spectrin cleavage increased post-TBI, with the highest cleavage detected in CLOP-treated rats. Aspirin and/or clopidogrel treatment prior to TBI is a double-edged sword that exerts a dual effect post-injury. On one hand, ASA and CLOP single treatments increase the post-TBI ICH risk, with a further detrimental effect from the ASA + CLOP treatment. On the other hand, ASA and/or CLOP treatments are neuroprotective and result in a favourable profile of TBI injury markers. The ICH risk and the neuroprotection benefits from antiplatelet therapy should be weighed against each other to ameliorate the management of TBI patients.
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- Firas Kobeissy
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, BSB 204, MSC 504, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA
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- ER045, Laboratory of Stem Cells, DSST, PRASE, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Molecular Biology and Cancer Immunology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Molecular Biology and Cancer Immunology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Molecular Biology and Cancer Immunology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Clinical Pharmacology Department, Menoufia Medical School, Menoufia University, AlMinufya, Egypt; Basic Medical Science Department, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
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- Molecular Biology and Cancer Immunology Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences-I, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
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Li R, Jiang J, Song Y, Zhang J, Wu Y, Wu L, Zhu X, Zeng L. Prognostic Nomogram for Predicting Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in Neurointensive Care Unit Patients: A Prospective Observational Study. Front Neurol 2022; 12:761029. [PMID: 35153974 PMCID: PMC8831723 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.761029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremities is one of the common complications for neurointensive care unit patients, which leads to increased morbidity and mortality. The purpose of our study was to explore risk factors and develop a prognostic nomogram for lower extremity DVT in neurointensive care unit patients. Methods We prospectively collected and analyzed the clinical data of 420 neurointensive care unit patients who received treatment in our institution between January 2018 and September 2019. Stepwise logistic regression was used to select predictors. R software was used to develop the prognostic nomogram. The performance of the nomogram was validated using a validation cohort of patients with data collected between October 2019 and March 2020. Results Among 420 patients, 153 (36.4%) had lower extremity DVT and five (1.2%) had both DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE) in our study. Logistic regression analysis indicated that age [odds ratio (OR): 1.050; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.029–1.071; P < 0.001], Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score (OR: 0.889; 95% CI: 0.825–0.959; P = 0.002), D-dimer level (OR: 1.040; 95% CI: 1.008–1.074; P = 0.014), muscle strength (OR: 2.424; 95% CI: 1.346–4.366; P = 0.003), and infection (OR: 1.778; 95% CI: 1.034–3.055; P = 0.037) were independent predictors for lower extremity DVT. These predictors were selected to be included in the nomogram model. The area under the curve values in the primary cohort and validation cohort were 0.817 (95% CI: 0.776–0.858) and 0.778 (95% CI: 0.688–0.868), respectively, and respective Brier scores were 0.167 and 0.183. Conclusion Age, GCS score, D-dimer level, muscle strength, and infection are independent predictors for lower extremity DVT. The nomogram is a reliable and convenient model to predict the development of lower extremity DVT in neurointensive care unit patients.
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- Rongqing Li
- Neurointensive Care Unit, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Emergency, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Neurointensive Care Unit, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Neurointensive Care Unit, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Neurointensive Care Unit, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nursing, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- Xiaoping Zhu
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- Neurointensive Care Unit, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Li Zeng
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Fletcher-Sandersjöö A, Tatter C, Tjerkaski J, Bartek J, Svensson M, Thelin EP, Bellander BM. Clinical Significance of Vascular Occlusive Events following Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: An Observational Cohort Study. Semin Thromb Hemost 2022; 48:301-308. [PMID: 34991168 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1740567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Preventing hemorrhage progression is a potential therapeutic opportunity in traumatic brain injury (TBI) management, but its use has been limited by fear of provoking vascular occlusive events (VOEs). However, it is currently unclear whether VOE actually affects outcome in these patients. The aim of this study was to determine incidence, risk factors, and clinical significance of VOE in patients with moderate-to-severe TBI. A retrospective observational cohort study of adults (≥15 years) with moderate-to-severe TBI was performed. The presence of a VOE during hospitalization was noted from hospital charts and radiological reports. Functional outcome, using the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS), was assessed at 12 months posttrauma. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used for endpoint assessment. In total, 848 patients were included, with a median admission Glasgow Coma Scale of 7. A VOE was detected in 54 (6.4%) patients, of which cerebral venous thrombosis was the most common (3.2%), followed by pulmonary embolism (1.7%) and deep vein thrombosis (1.3%). Length of ICU stay (p < 0.001), body weight (p = 0.002), and skull fracture (p = 0.004) were independent predictors of VOE. VOE development did not significantly impact 12-month GOS, even after adjusting for potential confounders using propensity score matching. In conclusion, VOE in moderate-to-severe TBI patients was relatively uncommon, and did not affect 12-month GOS. This suggests that the potential benefit of treating bleeding progression might outweigh the risks of VOE.
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- Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö
- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Neurosurgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rao RK, McConnell DD, Litofsky NS. The impact of cigarette smoking and nicotine on traumatic brain injury: a review. Brain Inj 2022; 36:1-20. [PMID: 35138210 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2034186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and tobacco smoking are both serious public health problems. Many people with TBI also smoke. Nicotine, a component of tobacco smoke, has been identified as a premorbid neuroprotectant in other neurological disorders. This study aims to provide better understanding of relationships between tobacco smoking and nicotine use and effect on outcome/recovery from TBI. METHODS PubMed database, SCOPUS, and PTSDpub were searched for relevant English-language papers. RESULTS Twenty-nine human clinical studies and nine animal studies were included. No nicotine-replacement product use in human TBI clinical studies were identified. While smoking tobacco prior to injury can be harmful primarily due to systemic effects that can compromise brain function, animal studies suggest that nicotine as a pharmacological agent may augment recovery of cognitive deficits caused by TBI. CONCLUSIONS While tobacco smoking before or after TBI has been associated with potential harms, many clinical studies downplay correlations for most expected domains. On the other hand, nicotine could provide potential treatment for cognitive deficits following TBI by reversing impaired signaling pathways in the brain including those involving nAChRs, TH, and dopamine. Future studies regarding the impact of cigarette smoking and vaping on patients with TBI are needed .
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- Rohan K Rao
- Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Huijben JA, Pisica D, Ceyisakar I, Stocchetti N, Citerio G, Maas AI, Steyerberg EW, Menon DK, van der Jagt M, Lingsma HF. Pharmaceutical Venous Thrombosis Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. Neurotrauma Rep 2022; 2:4-14. [PMID: 35112104 PMCID: PMC8804253 DOI: 10.1089/neur.2021.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The aims of this study are to describe the use of pharmaceutical venous thromboembolism (pVTE) prophylaxis in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Europe and study the association of pVTE prophylaxis with outcome. We included 2006 patients ≥18 years of age admitted to the intensive care unit from the CENTER-TBI study. VTE events were recorded based on clinical symptoms. Variation between 54 centers in pVTE prophylaxis use was assessed with a multi-variate random-effect model and quantified with the median odds ratio (MOR). The association between pVTE prophylaxis and outcome (Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended at 6 months) was assessed at center level with an instrumental variable analysis and at patient level with a multi-variate proportional odds regression analysis and a propensity-matched analysis. A time-dependent Cox survival regression analysis was conducted to determine the effect of pVTE prophylaxis on survival during hospital stay. The association between VTE prophylaxis and computed tomography (CT) progression was assessed with a logistic regression analysis. Overall, 56 patients (2%) had a VTE during hospital stay. The majority, 1279 patients (64%), received pVTE prophylaxis, with substantial between-center variation (MOR, 2.7; p < 0.001). A moderate association with improved outcome was found at center level (odds ratio [OR], 1.2 [0.7–2.1]) and patient level (multi-variate adjusted OR, 1.4 [1.1–1.7], and propensity adjusted OR, 1.5 [1.1–2.0]), with similar results in subgroup analyses. Survival was higher with the use of pVTE prophylaxis (p < 0.001). We found no clear effect on CT progression (OR, 0.9; CI [0.6–1.2]). Overall, practice policies for pVTE prophylaxis vary substantially between European centers, whereas pVTE prophylaxis may contribute to improved outcome. Trial registration number is NCT02210221 at ClinicalTrials.gov, registered on August 6, 2014 (first patient enrollment on December 19, 2014).
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- Jilske A. Huijben
- Center for Medical Decision Sciences, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Decision Sciences, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Decision Sciences, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
- Neurointensive Care, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST-Monza, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Decision Sciences, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Intensive Care Adults, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Decision Sciences, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC–University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Al-Dorzi H, Al-Yami G, Al-Daker F, Alqirnas M, Alhamadh M, Khan R. The association of timing of pharmacological prophylaxis and venous thromboembolism in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: A retrospective cohort study. Ann Thorac Med 2022; 17:102-109. [PMID: 35651893 PMCID: PMC9150664 DOI: 10.4103/atm.atm_174_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES: Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have an increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). The current guidelines recommend pharmacologic prophylaxis, but its timing remains unclear. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, patients with moderate-to-severe TBI admitted to a tertiary care intensive care unit between 2016 and 2019 were categorized into two groups according to the timing of pharmacologic prophylaxis: early if prophylaxis was given within 72 h from hospital admission and late if after 72 h. RESULTS: Of the 322 patients in the cohort, 46 (14.3%) did not receive pharmacological prophylaxis, mainly due to early brain death; 152 (47.2%) received early pharmacologic prophylaxis and 124 (38.5%) received late prophylaxis. Predictors of late pharmacologic prophylaxis were lower body mass index, intracerebral hemorrhage (odds ratio [OR], 3.361; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.269–8.904), hemorrhagic contusion (OR, 3.469; 95% CI, 1.039–11.576), and lower platelet count. VTE was diagnosed in 43 patients on a median of 10 days after trauma (Q1, Q3: 5, 15): 6.6% of the early prophylaxis group and 26.6% of the late group (P < 0.001). On multivariable logistic regression analysis, the predictors of VTE were Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and late versus early pharmacologic prophylaxis (OR, 3.858; 95% CI, 1.687–8.825). The late prophylaxis group had higher rate of tracheostomy, longer duration of mechanical ventilation and stay in the hospital, lower discharge Glasgow coma scale, but similar survival, compared with the early group. CONCLUSIONS: Late prophylaxis (>72 h) was associated with higher VTE rate in patients with moderate-to-severe TBI, but not with higher mortality.
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Park S, Kalfas S, Fazio TN, Neto AS, Macisaac C, Read DJ, Drummond KJ, Bellomo R. Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and related outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury and prolonged intensive care unit stay. CRIT CARE RESUSC 2021; 23:364-373. [PMID: 38046690 PMCID: PMC10692541 DOI: 10.51893/2021.4.oa1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay are at risk of secondary intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) and venous thromboembolism (VTE). We aimed to study VTE prophylaxis, secondary ICH, and VTE prevalence and outcomes in this population. Design: Retrospective observational study. Setting: Level 1 trauma centre ICU. Patients: One hundred TBI patients receiving prolonged ICU treatment (≥ 7 days). Interventions: We collected data from medical records, pathology and radiology systems, and hospital and ICU admission databases. We analysed patient characteristics, interventions, episodes and types of secondary ICH and VTE, and timing and dosage of VTE prophylaxis. Results: Data from the 100 patients in our study showed that early use of compression stockings and pneumatic calf compression was common (75% and 91% in the first 3 days, respectively). VTE chemoprophylaxis, however, was only used in 14% of patients by Day 3 and > 50% by Day 10. We observed VTE in 12 patients (10 as pulmonary embolism), essentially all after Day 6. Radiologically confirmed secondary ICH occurred in 43% of patients despite normal coagulation. However, 72% of ICH events (42/58) were radiologically mild, and the median time of onset of ICH was Day 1, when only 3% of patients were on chemical prophylaxis. Moreover, 82% of secondary ICH events (48/58) occurred in the first 3 days, with no severe ICH thereafter. Conclusions: In TBI patients receiving prolonged ICU treatment, early chemical VTE prophylaxis was uncommon. Early secondary ICH was common and mostly radiologically mild, whereas later secondary ICH was essentially absent. In contrast, early VTE was essentially absent, whereas later VTE was relatively common. Earlier chemical VTE prophylaxis and/or ultrasound screening in this population appears logical.
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- Seunga Park
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Health Intelligence Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Melbourne Medical School, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Data Analytics Research and Evaluation Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Trauma Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Data Analytics Research and Evaluation Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Bellomo R. In this issue of CCR. CRIT CARE RESUSC 2021; 23:357-358. [PMID: 38046689 PMCID: PMC10692506 DOI: 10.51893/2021.4.iti] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Maegele M. Coagulopathy and Progression of Intracranial Hemorrhage in Traumatic Brain Injury: Mechanisms, Impact, and Therapeutic Considerations. Neurosurgery 2021; 89:954-966. [PMID: 34676410 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyab358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the most challenging health and socioeconomic problems of our times. Clinical courses may be complicated by hemostatic abnormalities either pre-existing or developing with TBI. OBJECTIVE To review frequencies, patterns, mechanisms, novel approaches to diagnostics, treatment, and outcomes of hemorrhagic progression and coagulopathy after TBI. METHODS Selective review of the literature in the databases Medline (PubMed) and Cochrane Reviews using different combinations of the relevant search terms was conducted. RESULTS Of the patients, 20% with isolated TBI display laboratory coagulopathy upon hospital admission with profound effect on morbidity and mortality. Preinjury use of antithrombotic agents may be associated with higher rates of hemorrhagic progression and delayed traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. Further testing may display various changes affecting platelet function/numbers, pro- and/or anticoagulant factors, and fibrinolysis as well as interactions between brain tissues, vascular endothelium, mechanisms of inflammation, and blood flow dynamics. The nature of hemostatic disruptions after TBI remains elusive but current evidence suggests the presence of both a hyper- and hypocoagulable state with possible overlap and lack of distinction between phases and states. More "global" hemostatic assays, eg, viscoelastic and thrombin generation tests, may provide more detailed and timely information on the overall hemostatic potential thereby allowing early "goal-directed" therapies. CONCLUSION Whether timely and targeted management of hemostatic abnormalities after TBI can protect against secondary brain injury and thereby improve outcomes remains elusive. Innovative technologies for diagnostics and monitoring offer windows of opportunities for precision medicine approaches to managing TBI.
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- Marc Maegele
- Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany.,Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany.,Treatment Center for Traumatic Injuries, Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Maegele M. Prehospital Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Transfus Med Rev 2021; 35:87-90. [PMID: 34598876 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2021.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant medical and socioeconomic challenge. The initial injury may be complicated by haemostatic derangements leading to exacerbation of lesions and haemorrhagic progression. The results from the CRASH-3 trial have promoted the implementation of the antifibrinolytic tranexamic acid (TXA) into prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) protocols. Very recently, the efficacy and safety of early out-of-hospital TXA compared to placebo was assessed in patients with moderate or severe TBI in a prospective, multicenter phase II trial, e.g. "The Prehospital TXA for TBI"-trial. Simultaneously, the results from a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected observational data into the Dutch pre-hospital TBI database were published which had assessed whether prehospital administration of TXA may be associated with mortality and functional outcomes in patients with severe TBI. Both studies are reviewed against their limitations and windows of opportunity are highlighted.
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- Marc Maegele
- Department for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany; Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany; Treatment Center for Traumatic Injuries, 3rd Affiliated Hospital Southern Medical University (SMU), Guangdong Province, People's Republic, China.
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Fixed-dose enoxaparin provides efficient DVT prophylaxis in mixed ICU patients despite low anti-Xa levels: A prospective observational cohort study. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub 2021; 166:204-210. [PMID: 34042098 DOI: 10.5507/bp.2021.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a serious but preventable complication of critical illness with a reported incidence from 4 to 17%. Anti-Xa activity in critically ill patients achieved with standard dosing of low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWH) is often below the target of 0.2-0.5 IU/mL. However, the clinical significance of this finding is unclear. The quality of thromboprophylaxis also strongly impacts the incidence of DVT. We performed a prospective observational study to evaluate the incidence of DVT in a mixed medical-surgical-trauma intensive care unit (ICU) using a thromboprophylaxis protocol with a fixed dose of enoxaparin. We also explored the relation between DVT incidence and anti-Xa activity. METHOD All consecutive patients with expected ICU stay ≥72 hours and without evidence of DVT upon admission were included. They underwent ultrasound screening for DVT twice a week until ICU discharge, death, DVT or pulmonary embolism. Peak anti-Xa activity was measured twice a week. Patients received 40 mg of enoxaparin subcutaneously (60 mg in obese, 20 mg in case of renal failure). Graduated compression stockings were used in case of LMWH or another anticoagulant contraindication. RESULTS A total of 219 patients were enrolled. We observed six cases of DVT (incidence of 2.7%). The agreement between expected and delivered DVT prophylaxis was 94%. Mean peak anti-Xa activity level was 0.24 (SD, 0.13) IU/mL. There was no significant difference in anti-Xa activity in DVT and non-DVT group. CONCLUSION A low incidence of DVT was achieved with meticulous adherence to the standard prophylactic protocol. The low incidence of DVT was observed despite low levels of anti-Xa activity. Our findings suggest that enoxaparin dose adjustment based on regular monitoring of anti-Xa activity is unlikely to result in further reduction of DVT incidence in a mixed ICU population. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03286985.
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Yang J, Wang K, Liu Q, Mo S, Wu J, Yang S, Guo R, Yang Y, Zhang J, Liu Y, Cao Y, Wang S. A nomogram to predict the risk of early postoperative ischemic events in patients with spontaneous intracranial hematoma. Neurosurg Rev 2021; 44:3557-3566. [PMID: 33877464 DOI: 10.1007/s10143-021-01533-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Spontaneous intracranial hematoma (ICH) is the second leading cause of stroke and has a high risk of postoperative ischemic events (PIEs). But, the evidence on PIEs in ICH patients still lacks. Therefore, a retrospective study was carried out to screen the risk factors for PIEs and construct a visual predictive model. This was a retrospective study whose population were divided into two groups based on the occurrence of PIEs. Univariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with PIEs. Multifactorial logistic regression analysis was used to screen risk factors and construct the early PIEs risk nomogram. In addition, impact of PIEs on patient prognosis and surgery related costs was assessed. Out of 122 ICH patients, 24 (19.7%) were diagnosed with PIEs. Coronary heart disease history, ischemic stroke history, regular shaped hematoma and platelet number were identified as risk factors for early PIEs. Early PIEs risk nomogram showed good calibration and discrimination of the data with concordance index of 0.846 (95% confidence interval, 0.747-0.945) which was confirmed to be 0.827 through bootstrapping validation. In addition, there was statistical difference in discharged Glasgow Coma Scale score (P = 0.046) and surgery related costs (p = 0.031) between PIEs group and nPIEs group. These results showed the early PIEs risk nomogram was accurate for prediction risks of PIEs and the occurrence of PIEs affects prognosis of patients, and increases surgery related costs.
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- Junhua Yang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO.119 Nansihuanxilu, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100160, People's Republic of China.
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Diseases, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Song JC, Yang LK, Zhao W, Zhu F, Wang G, Chen YP, Li WQ. Chinese expert consensus on diagnosis and treatment of trauma-induced hypercoagulopathy. Mil Med Res 2021; 8:25. [PMID: 33840386 PMCID: PMC8040221 DOI: 10.1186/s40779-021-00317-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC) is caused by post-traumatic tissue injury and manifests as hypercoagulability that leads to thromboembolism or hypocoagulability that leads to uncontrollable massive hemorrhage. Previous studies on TIC have mainly focused on hemorrhagic coagulopathy caused by the hypocoagulable phenotype of TIC, while recent studies have found that trauma-induced hypercoagulopathy can occur in as many as 22.2-85.1% of trauma patients, in whom it can increase the risk of thrombotic events and mortality by 2- to 4-fold. Therefore, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Professional Committee of Critical Care Medicine and the Chinese Society of Thrombosis, Hemostasis and Critical Care, Chinese Medicine Education Association jointly formulated this Chinese Expert Consensus comprising 15 recommendations for the definition, pathophysiological mechanism, assessment, prevention, and treatment of trauma-induced hypercoagulopathy.
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- Jing-Chun Song
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the 908th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Forces of Chinese PLA, Nanchang, 330002, China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, the 904th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Forces of Chinese PLA, Wuxi, 214044, Jiangsu, China
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- Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200120, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710001, China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, the 923th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Forces of Chinese PLA, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital of Eastern Theater Command of Chinese PLA, Nanjing, 210002, China.
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Fletcher-Sandersjöö A, Thelin EP, Maegele M, Svensson M, Bellander BM. Time Course of Hemostatic Disruptions After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Neurocrit Care 2021; 34:635-656. [PMID: 32607969 PMCID: PMC8128788 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-020-01037-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Almost two-thirds of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) develop some form of hemostatic disturbance, which contributes to poor outcome. While the initial head injury often leads to impaired clot formation, TBI is also associated with an increased risk of thrombosis. Most likely there is a progression from early bleeding to a later prothrombotic state. In this paper, we systematically review the literature on the time course of hemostatic disruptions following TBI. A MEDLINE search was performed for TBI studies reporting the trajectory of hemostatic assays over time. The search yielded 5,049 articles, of which 4,910 were excluded following duplicate removal as well as title and abstract review. Full-text assessment of the remaining articles yielded 33 studies that were included in the final review. We found that the first hours after TBI are characterized by coagulation cascade dysfunction and hyperfibrinolysis, both of which likely contribute to lesion progression. This is then followed by platelet dysfunction and decreased platelet count, the clinical implication of which remains unclear. Later, a poorly defined prothrombotic state emerges, partly due to fibrinolysis shutdown and hyperactive platelets. In the clinical setting, early administration of the antifibrinolytic agent tranexamic acid has proved effective in reducing head-injury-related mortality in a subgroup of TBI patients. Further studies evaluating the time course of hemostatic disruptions after TBI are warranted in order to identify windows of opportunity for potential treatment options.
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- Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö
- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum J5:20, 171 64, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum J5:20, 171 64, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department for Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center, University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany
- Institute for Research in Operative Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum J5:20, 171 64, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Bioclinicum J5:20, 171 64, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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Savioli G, Ceresa IF, Caneva L, Gerosa S, Ricevuti G. Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy: Overview of an Emerging Medical Problem from Pathophysiology to Outcomes. MEDICINES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 8:16. [PMID: 33805197 PMCID: PMC8064317 DOI: 10.3390/medicines8040016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Coagulopathy induced by major trauma is common, affecting approximately one-third of patients after trauma. It develops independently of iatrogenic, hypothermic, and dilutive causes (such as iatrogenic cause in case of fluid administration), which instead have a pejorative aspect on coagulopathy. Notwithstanding the continuous research conducted over the past decade on Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy (TIC), it remains a life-threatening condition with a significant impact on trauma mortality. We reviewed the current evidence regarding TIC diagnosis and pathophysiological mechanisms and summarized the different iterations of optimal TIC management strategies among which product resuscitation, potential drug administrations, and hemostatis-focused approaches. We have identified areas of ongoing investigation and controversy in TIC management.
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- Gabriele Savioli
- Emergency Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, PhD University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (I.F.C.); (S.G.)
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- Emergency Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, PhD University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (I.F.C.); (S.G.)
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Emergency Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, PhD University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy; (I.F.C.); (S.G.)
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- Department of Drug Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
- Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, 00152 Rome, Italy
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Bossers SM, Loer SA, Bloemers FW, Den Hartog D, Van Lieshout EMM, Hoogerwerf N, van der Naalt J, Absalom AR, Peerdeman SM, Schwarte LA, Boer C, Schober P. Association Between Prehospital Tranexamic Acid Administration and Outcomes of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. JAMA Neurol 2021; 78:338-345. [PMID: 33284310 DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.4596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Importance The development and expansion of intracranial hematoma are associated with adverse outcomes. Use of tranexamic acid might limit intracranial hematoma formation, but its association with outcomes of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is unclear. Objective To assess whether prehospital administration of tranexamic acid is associated with mortality and functional outcomes in a group of patients with severe TBI. Design, Setting, and Participants This multicenter cohort study is an analysis of prospectively collected observational data from the Brain Injury: Prehospital Registry of Outcome, Treatments and Epidemiology of Cerebral Trauma (BRAIN-PROTECT) study in the Netherlands. Patients treated for suspected severe TBI by the Dutch Helicopter Emergency Medical Services between February 2012 and December 2017 were included. Patients were followed up for 1 year after inclusion. Data were analyzed from January 10, 2020, to September 10, 2020. Exposures Administration of tranexamic acid during prehospital treatment. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was 30-day mortality. Secondary outcomes included mortality at 1 year, functional neurological recovery at discharge (measured by Glasgow Outcome Scale), and length of hospital stay. Data were also collected on demographic factors, preinjury medical condition, injury characteristics, operational characteristics, and prehospital vital parameters. Results A total of 1827 patients were analyzed, of whom 1283 (70%) were male individuals and the median (interquartile range) age was 45 (23-65) years. In the unadjusted analysis, higher 30-day mortality was observed in patients who received prehospital tranexamic acid (odds ratio [OR], 1.34; 95% CI, 1.16-1.55; P < .001), compared with patients who did not receive prehospital tranexamic acid. After adjustment for confounders, no association between prehospital administration of tranexamic acid and mortality was found across the entire cohort of patients. However, a substantial increase in the odds of 30-day mortality persisted in patients with severe isolated TBI who received prehospital tranexamic acid (OR, 4.49; 95% CI, 1.57-12.87; P = .005) and after multiple imputations (OR, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.22-3.45; P = .007). Conclusions and Relevance This study found that prehospital tranexamic acid administration was associated with increased mortality in patients with isolated severe TBI, suggesting the judicious use of the drug when no evidence for extracranial hemorrhage is present.
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- Sebastiaan M Bossers
- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Trauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Trauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Lifeliner 3, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Lifeliner 1, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Lifeliner 1, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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A Randomized Trial of Complications of Peripherally and Centrally Inserted Central Lines in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit: Results of the NSPVC Trial. Neurocrit Care 2021; 32:400-406. [PMID: 31556001 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-019-00843-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the relative number of complications from peripherally inserted central venous catheters (PICC) and centrally inserted central venous catheters (CVC) in the neuroscience intensive care unit (NSICU). METHODS This study was carried out in a 32-bed NSICU in a large academic hospital in the USA from July 2015 until January 2017. Patients admitted requiring central venous access were randomly assigned to have a PICC or CVC inserted. Complications were recorded and compared. The primary outcome was all complications as well as combined numbers of large vein thrombosis, central-line-associated blood stream infections, and insertional trauma. Outcomes were compared using the Fisher's exact test, logistic regression, or unpaired T tests, as appropriate. RESULTS One hundred and fifty-two patients were enrolled; 72 were randomized to the PICC arm and 80 to the CVC arm. There were no crossovers, withdrawals, nor losses to follow-up. The study was stopped at the second pre-planned interim analysis for futility. The combined number of large vein thrombosis, central-line-associated blood stream infection, and insertional trauma was 4/72 in the PICC arm and 1/80 in the CVC group (OR 4.6 (95% CI 0.5-42.6) p = 0.14). The number of all complications in the PICC arm was 14/72 compared to 10/80 in the CVC arm (OR 1.7 (95% CI 0.7-4.1) p = 0.24). CONCLUSIONS PICCs and CVCs have similar numbers of complications when placed in patients admitted to the NSICU.
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Kong CY, Fu J, Li N, Xu ZH. Management of co-occurring intracranial hemorrhage and fatal pulmonary embolism: a case report. Chin Med J (Engl) 2021; 134:1257-1258. [PMID: 34019001 PMCID: PMC10631586 DOI: 10.1097/cm9.0000000000001291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Cheng-Ying Kong
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
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- Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
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Wu J, Zhu S, Munn Z, Zhou C. Improving compliance of risk assessment and nonpharmacological interventions for deep venous thrombosis prevention in a respiratory ICU: a best practice implementation project. JBI Evid Implement 2020; 19:268-278. [PMID: 33703871 DOI: 10.1097/xeb.0000000000000260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To increase the compliance with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) nonpharmacologic prophylaxis best practice recommendations while ensuring appropriate and structured nonpharmacologic prophylaxis for patients in the respiratory ICU. BACKGROUND DVT is a major problem for patients, with those who are critically ill representing a high-risk population for developing the condition. Nonpharmacologic prophylaxis is considered an effective intervention. However, the application of such interventions in practice has not been optimal to date. METHODS The current project was conducted in a respiratory ICU of a tertiary hospital. Audit criteria were developed on the basis of an evidence summary developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute, whereby the institute's Practical Application of Clinical Evidence System program to facilitate an audit and feedback cycle was utilized as an implementation framework. Baseline and follow-up audits on nonpharmacological DVT prophylaxis were conducted for 35 patients against five evidence-based recommendations. In addition, the nurses' knowledge and attitude regarding DVT prophylaxis were investigated both prior to and postimplementation. RESULTS In the baseline audit, compliance with the five evidence-based audit criteria was less than 15%. After the implementation of strategies including education, person-centered care, financial and human-resource support, there was a significant improvement in all the audit criteria. In addition, improvements in the nurses' knowledge and attitude regarding DVT prophylaxis were reported. The rate of discharged patients due to a deterioration of their condition decreased from 31.4 to 5.7% in the follow-up cycle. One DVT patient occurred in the baseline data, whereas no new incidences of DVT were found in the follow-up data. CONCLUSION The project not only improved nurses' knowledge and attitude regarding DVT prevention, but also remarkably improved the implementation of nonpharmacological DVT prophylaxis. The application of evidence-based nonpharmacological DVT prophylaxis may improve patients' outcomes in the ICU.
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- Jinyan Wu
- Huiqiao Medical Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University.,Nanfang Nursing Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: A JBI Centre of Excellence
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- Respiratory Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Transfer Science Department, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Joanna Briggs Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Nursing Department, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Hubbard WB, Dong JF, Cruz MA, Rumbaut RE. Links between thrombosis and inflammation in traumatic brain injury. Thromb Res 2020; 198:62-71. [PMID: 33290884 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) continues to be a major healthcare problem and there is much to be explored regarding the secondary pathobiology to identify early predictive markers and new therapeutic targets. While documented changes in thrombosis and inflammation in major trauma have been well described, growing evidence suggests that isolated TBI also results in systemic alterations in these mechanisms. Here, we review recent experimental and clinical findings that demonstrate how blood-brain barrier dysfunction, systemic immune response, inflammation, platelet activation, and thrombosis contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of TBI. Despite advances in the links between thrombosis and inflammation, there is a lack of treatment options aimed at both processes and this could be crucial to treating vascular injury, local and systemic inflammation, and secondary ischemic events following TBI. With emerging evidence of newly-identified roles for platelets, leukocytes, the coagulation system and extracellular vesicles in processes of inflammation and thrombosis, there is a growing need to characterize these mechanisms within the context of TBI and whether these changes persist into the chronic phase of injury. Importantly, this review defines areas in need of further research to advance the field and presents a roadmap to identify new diagnostic and treatment options for TBI.
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- W Brad Hubbard
- Lexington VA Healthcare System, Lexington, KY, United States of America; Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center (SCoBIRC), University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America.
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- Bloodworks Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States of America; Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States of America; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
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- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States of America; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Potential Efficacy of Erythropoietin on Reducing the Risk of Mortality in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 2020:7563868. [PMID: 33178833 PMCID: PMC7644316 DOI: 10.1155/2020/7563868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Objective The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of erythropoietin (EPO) on mortality, neurological outcomes, and adverse event in the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods We searched databases including PubMed, OVID, and the Cochrane Library from inception until October 18, 2019 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to compare EPO treatment group and placebo in patients with TBI. Two authors independently processed the data and evaluated the quality of inclusion studies. Statistical analysis was performed with heterogeneity test with I 2 and chi-square tests. We summarized the mortality, prognosis of neurological function, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) outcomes and presented as risk ratio (RR) or risk difference (RD) with a 95% CI. Results Seven RCTs accounting for 1180 patients were included after meeting the inclusion criteria. Compared with placebo, the overall mortality of EPO-treated patients was significantly reduced (RR 0.68 [95% CI 0.50-0.93]; p = 0.02). EPO therapy did not improve neurological prognosis (RR 1.21 [95% CI 0.93-1.15]; p = 0.16) or increase the occurrence of DVT (RR 0.83 [95% CI 0.61-1.13]; p = 0.242), which showed no significant difference. Conclusions The results showed that the administration of EPO may reduce the risk of mortality without enhancing the occurrence of DVT in TBI patients. However, the effect of EPO on neurological outcome remains indistinct. Through subgroup analysis, we demonstrated that the dose of EPO may be a potential factor affecting the heterogeneity in neurological function and that the follow-up duration may influence the stability of the result.
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Schellenberg M, Benjamin E, Inaba K, Heindel P, Biswas S, Mooney JL, Demetriades D. When Is It Safe to Start Pharmacologic Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis After Pelvic Fractures? A Prospective Study From a Level I Trauma Center. J Surg Res 2020; 258:272-277. [PMID: 33039635 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The ideal time for pharmacologic venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis initiation after pelvic fracture is controversial. This prospective study evaluated the safety and efficacy of early VTE prophylaxis after blunt pelvic trauma. METHODS Patients presenting to our American College of Surgeons-verified level I trauma center (between December 1, 2016 and November 30, 2017) with blunt pelvic fracture were prospectively screened. Exclusion criteria were emergency department death, immediate operative intervention, transfers, home anticoagulation, pregnancy, and patients receiving no pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis during hospitalization. Patients were dichotomized into study groups based on VTE prophylaxis initiation time ≤48 h (early prophylaxis [EP]) versus >48 h (late prophylaxis [LP]) after emergency department arrival. Demographics, injury data, clinical data, VTE prophylaxis agent and initiation time, and outcomes were compared. RESULTS After exclusions, 146 patients were identified: 74 (51%) patients in EP group and 72 (49%) patients in LP group. Pelvic fracture severity was comparable between groups (Abbreviated Injury Scale extremity score 2 [2-3] versus 2 [2-3]; P = 0.610). On univariate analysis, deep vein thrombosis rates were higher after LP (n = 5, 7% versus 0, 0%; P = 0.027). Pulmonary embolism rates were similar (n = 2, 3% versus n = 3, 4%; P = 1.000). No patient required delayed intervention for bleeding, and postprophylaxis blood transfusion was comparable between groups (P > 0.05). On multivariate analysis, timing of pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis initiation was not associated with VTE development (odds ratio, 0.647; P = 0.999). Pelvic angioembolization was independently associated with VTE (odds ratio, 1.296; P = 0.044). CONCLUSIONS Early initiation of pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis after blunt pelvic fracture is safe. Although EP initiation did not reduce the rate of VTE, these data identify angioembolization as an independent risk factor for VTE. Patients with blunt pelvic fracture who undergo angioembolization may therefore represent a high-risk population who may especially benefit from EP.
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- Morgan Schellenberg
- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Section of Trauma/Critical Care Surgery, LSU Health Sciences Center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Maatman TK, McGuire SP, Lewellen KA, McGreevy KA, Ceppa EP, House MG, Nakeeb A, Nguyen TK, Schmidt CM, Zyromski NJ. Prospective Analysis of the Mechanisms Underlying Ineffective Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis in Necrotizing Pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg 2020; 232:91-100. [PMID: 33039510 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.08.774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) have the highest rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) of any hospitalized patient (57%). We hypothesized that VTE prophylaxis might be inadequate in the setting of this profound inflammatory disease and that early detection of deep vein thrombosis would limit pulmonary embolism. STUDY DESIGN All patients with NP treated at a single center between August 2018 and December 2019 were enrolled in prospective, weekly VTE screening, including 4-extremity duplex ultrasound. Routine chemoprophylaxis included low-molecular-weight or unfractionated heparin. Peak serum anti-factor Xa concentration was measured during weekly screening (goal prophylaxis 0.2 to 0.4 IU/mL). RESULTS Eighty-five patients with NP underwent a total of 201 screening events (mean 2.4 per patient). VTE developed in 55 patients (65%), including splanchnic vein thrombosis in 41 patients (48%) and extremity deep vein thrombosis (eDVT) in 32 patients (38%). Extremity DVT was diagnosed a mean ± SD of 44 ± 30 days after NP onset. Symptomatic pulmonary embolism was prevented in all patients diagnosed with eDVT and no contraindication to anticoagulation (0 of 29). Prophylactic anti-factor Xa concentration was only achieved in 21% (12 of 57 screening events); no eDVTs developed in patients achieving prophylactic anti-factor Xa concentration. CONCLUSIONS In patients with NP, identification of eDVT by screening ultrasound permits early treatment and prevents symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Fixed dosing of chemical prophylaxis is inadequate in most patients with NP and likely contributes to the mechanism of increased VTE in NP.
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- Thomas K Maatman
- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
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Rakhit S, Nordness MF, Lombardo SR, Cook M, Smith L, Patel MB. Management and Challenges of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 42:127-144. [PMID: 32916746 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in trauma patients, and can be classified into mild, moderate, and severe by the Glasgow coma scale (GCS). Prehospital, initial emergency department, and subsequent intensive care unit (ICU) management of severe TBI should focus on avoiding secondary brain injury from hypotension and hypoxia, with appropriate reversal of anticoagulation and surgical evacuation of mass lesions as indicated. Utilizing principles based on the Monro-Kellie doctrine and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), a surrogate for cerebral blood flow (CBF) should be maintained by optimizing mean arterial pressure (MAP), through fluids and vasopressors, and/or decreasing intracranial pressure (ICP), through bedside maneuvers, sedation, hyperosmolar therapy, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage, and, in refractory cases, barbiturate coma or decompressive craniectomy (DC). While controversial, direct ICP monitoring, in conjunction with clinical examination and imaging as indicated, should help guide severe TBI therapy, although new modalities, such as brain tissue oxygen (PbtO2) monitoring, show great promise in providing strategies to optimize CBF. Optimization of the acute care of severe TBI should include recognition and treatment of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH), early seizure prophylaxis, venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis, and nutrition optimization. Despite this, severe TBI remains a devastating injury and palliative care principles should be applied early. To better affect the challenging long-term outcomes of severe TBI, more and continued high quality research is required.
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- Shayan Rakhit
- Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.,Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.,Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.,Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.,Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
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- Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.,Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.,Department of Neurosurgery and Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.,Surgical Service, Nashville VA Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee.,Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center Service, Nashville VA Medical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee
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Therapeutic anticoagulation in patients with traumatic brain injuries and pulmonary emboli. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020; 89:529-535. [PMID: 32467467 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and concomitant pulmonary embolus (PE) have competing care needs and demand a careful balance of anticoagulation (AC) versus potential worsening of their ICH. The goal of this study is to determine the safety of therapeutic AC for PE in patients with ICH. METHODS This is a retrospective single-center study of patients older than 16 years with concomitant ICH and PE occurring between June 2013 and December 2017. Early AC was defined as within 7 days of injury or less; late was defined as after 7 days. Primary outcomes included death, interventions for worsening ICH following AC, and pulmonary complications. Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate for clinical and demographic factors associated with worsening traumatic brain injury (TBI), and recursive partitioning was used to differentiate risk in groups. RESULTS Fifty patients met criteria. Four did not receive any AC and were excluded. Nineteen (41.3%) received AC early (median, 4.1; interquartile range, 3.1-6) and 27 (58.7%) received AC late (median, 14; interquartile range, 9.7-19.5). There were four deaths in the early group, and none in the late cohort (21.1% vs. 0%, p = 0.01). Two deaths were due to PE and the others were from multi-system organ failure or unrecoverable underlying TBI. Three patients in the early group, and two in the late, had increased ICH on computed tomography (17.6% vs. 7.4%, p = 0.3). None required intervention. CONCLUSION This retrospective study failed to find instances of clinically significant progression of TBI in 46 patients with computed tomography-proven ICH after undergoing AC for PE. Therapeutic AC is not associated with worse outcomes in patients with TBI, even if initiated early. However, two patients died from PE despite AC, underlining the severity of the disease. Intracranial hemorrhage should not preclude AC treatment for PE, even early after injury. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Care management, Level IV.
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Wilhelmy F, Hantsche A, Wende T, Kasper J, Reuschel V, Frydrychowicz C, Rasche S, Lindner D, Meixensberger J. Perioperative anticoagulation in patients with intracranial meningioma: No increased risk of intracranial hemorrhage? PLoS One 2020; 15:e0238387. [PMID: 32870937 PMCID: PMC7462284 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Anticoagulation (AC) is a critical topic in perioperative and post-bleeding management. Nevertheless, there is a lack of data about the safe, judicious use of prophylactic and therapeutic anticoagulation with regard to risk factors and the cause and modality of brain tissue damage as well as unfavorable outcomes such as postoperative hemorrhage (PH) and thromboembolic events (TE) in neurosurgical patients. We therefore present retrospective data on perioperative anticoagulation in meningioma surgery. METHODS Data of 286 patients undergoing meningioma surgery between 2006 and 2018 were analyzed. We followed up on anticoagulation management, doses and time points of first application, laboratory values, and adverse events such as PH and TE. Pre-existing medication and hemostatic conditions were evaluated. The time course of patients was measured as overall survival, readmission within 30 days after surgery, as well as Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS). Statistical analysis was performed using multivariate regression. RESULTS We carried out AC with Fraxiparin and, starting in 2015, Tinzaparin in weight-adapted recommended prophylactic doses. Delayed (216 ± 228h) AC was associated with a significantly increased rate of TE (p = 0.026). Early (29 ± 21.9h) prophylactic AC, on the other hand, did not increase the risk of PH. We identified additional risk factors for PH, such as blood pressure maxima, steroid treatment, and increased white blood cell count. Patients' outcome was affected more adversely by TE than PH (+3 points in modified Rankin Scale in TE vs. +1 point in PH, p = 0.001). CONCLUSION Early prophylactic AC is not associated with an increased rate of PH. The risks of TE seem to outweigh those of PH. Early postoperative prophylactic AC in patients undergoing intracranial meningioma resection should be considered.
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- Florian Wilhelmy
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Division of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Yeates EO, Grigorian A, Schubl SD, Kuza CM, Joe V, Lekawa M, Borazjani B, Nahmias J. Chemoprophylaxis and Venous Thromboembolism in Traumatic Brain Injury at Different Trauma Centers. Am Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/000313482008600433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Because of concerns of worsening intracranial hemorrhage, clinicians are hesitant to start VTE chemoprophylaxis in this population. We hypothesized that ACS Level I trauma centers would be more aggressive with VTE chemoprophylaxis in adults with severe TBI than Level II centers. We also predicted that Level I centers would have a lower risk of VTE. We queried the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (2010–2016) database for patients with Abbreviated Injury Scale scores of 4 and 5 of the head and compared them based on treating the hospital trauma level. Of 204,895 patients with severe TBI, 143,818 (70.2%) were treated at Level I centers and 61,077 (29.8%) at Level II centers. The Level I cohort had a higher rate of VTE chemoprophylaxis use (43.2% vs 23.3%, P < 0.001) and a shorter median time to chemoprophylaxis (61.9 vs 85.9 hours, P < 0.001). Although Level I trauma centers started VTE chemoprophylaxis more often and earlier than Level II centers, there was no difference in the risk of VTE ( P = 0.414) after controlling for covariates. Future prospective studies are warranted to evaluate the timing, safety, and efficacy of early VTE chemoprophylaxis in severe TBI patients.
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- Eric O. Yeates
- Department of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and
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- Department of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and
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- Department of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and
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- Department of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and
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- Department of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and
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- Department of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California; and
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Erramouspe PJ, García‐Pintos MF, Benipal S, Manoukian MAC, Santamarina J, Shawagga HG, Vo LL, Galante JM, Nishijima D. Mortality and Complication Rates in Adult Trauma Patients Receiving Tranexamic Acid: A Single-center Experience in the Post-CRASH-2 Era. Acad Emerg Med 2020; 27:358-365. [PMID: 32189440 DOI: 10.1111/acem.13883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The CRASH-2 trial demonstrated that tranexamic acid (TXA) in adults with significant traumatic hemorrhage safely reduces mortality. Given that the CRASH-2 trial did not include U.S. sites, our objective was to evaluate patient characteristics, TXA dosing strategies, and the incidence of mortality and adverse events in adult trauma patients receiving TXA at a U.S. Level I trauma center in the post-CRASH-2 era. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study that included patients aged 18 years or older who received TXA after an acute injury from July 2014 to June 2017. We excluded patients who received TXA orally, patients who received TXA for elective surgical procedures or nontrauma indications, patients who received it 8 hours or longer after the time of injury, and patients with cardiac arrest at time of emergency department arrival. Trained abstractors collected data from the trauma registry and hospital electronic medical records. Our primary outcome measures were in-hospital death and acute thromboembolic events within 28 days from injury. RESULTS We included 273 patients with a mean (±SD) age of 43.8 (±18.7) years. The mean (±SD) time of administration of TXA from time of injury was 1.55 (±1.2) hours with 229 patients (83.9%) receiving TXA within 3 hours. The overall mortality within 28 days from injury was 12.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 8.9% to 16.7%), which was similar compared to that in the CRASH-2 trial (14.5%, 95% CI = 13.9% to 15.2%). The incidence of acute thromboembolic events was 6.6% (95% CI = 3.7% to 9.5%), which was higher than that in the CRASH-2 trial (2.0%, 95% CI = 1.73% to 2.27%). Patients in our cohort also received surgery (64.8% vs. 47.9%) and blood transfusions (74.0% vs. 50.4%) more frequently than those in the CRASH-2 cohort. CONCLUSIONS Adult trauma patients receiving TXA had similar incidences of death but higher incidences of thromboembolic events compared to the CRASH-2 trial. Variation in patient characteristics, injury severity, TXA dosing, and surgery and transfusion rates could explain these observed differences. Further research is necessary to provide additional insight into the incidence and risk factors of thromboembolic events in TXA use.
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- Pablo Joaquin Erramouspe
- Department of Emergency Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA
- Faculty of Health Queensland University of Technology Translational Research Institute Brisbane QLD Australia
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- Department of Emergency Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine UC Davis School of Medicine Sacramento CA
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