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Swart P, Deliberato RO, Johnson AEW, Pollard TJ, Bulgarelli L, Pelosi P, de Abreu MG, Schultz MJ, Neto AS. Impact of sex on use of low tidal volume ventilation in invasively ventilated ICU patients-A mediation analysis using two observational cohorts. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0253933. [PMID: 34260619 PMCID: PMC8279424 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Studies in patients receiving invasive ventilation show important differences in use of low tidal volume (VT) ventilation (LTVV) between females and males. The aims of this study were to describe temporal changes in VT and to determine what factors drive the sex difference in use of LTVV. Methods and findings This is a posthoc analysis of 2 large longitudinal projects in 59 ICUs in the United States, the ‘Medical information Mart for Intensive Care III’ (MIMIC III) and the ‘eICU Collaborative Research DataBase’. The proportion of patients under LTVV (median VT < 8 ml/kg PBW), was the primary outcome. Mediation analysis, a method to dissect total effect into direct and indirect effects, was used to understand which factors drive the sex difference. We included 3614 (44%) females and 4593 (56%) males. Median VT declined over the years, but with a persistent difference between females (from median 10.2 (9.1 to 11.4) to 8.2 (7.5 to 9.1) ml/kg PBW) vs. males (from median 9.2 [IQR 8.2 to 10.1] to 7.3 [IQR 6.6 to 8.0] ml/kg PBW) (P < .001). In females versus males, use of LTVV increased from 5 to 50% versus from 12 to 78% (difference, –27% [–29% to –25%]; P < .001). The sex difference was mainly driven by patients’ body height and actual body weight (adjusted average causal mediation effect, –30% [–33% to –27%]; P < .001, and 4 [3% to 4%]; P < .001). Conclusions While LTVV is increasingly used in females and males, females continue to receive LTVV less often than males. The sex difference is mainly driven by patients’ body height and actual body weight, and not necessarily by sex. Use of LTVV in females could improve by paying more attention to a correct calculation of VT, i.e., using the correct body height.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pien Swart
- Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
- Big Data Analytics Group, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- IRCCS San Martino Policlinico Hospital, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Pulmonary Engineering Group, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anaesthesia (L·E·I·C·A), Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
- Pulmonary Division, Cardio–Pulmonary Department, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Schultz MJ, Karagiannidis C. Is gender inequity in ventilator management a "women's issue"? Eur Respir J 2019; 54:54/4/1901588. [PMID: 31624130 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01588-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Marcus J Schultz
- Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology (L·E·I·C·A), Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Dept of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Kliniken der Stadt Köln, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Cologne, Germany
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