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Mikati N, Phillips AR, Corbelli N, Guyette FX, Liang NL. The Effect of Blood Transfusion during Air Medical Transport on Transport Times in Patients with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. PREHOSP EMERG CARE 2021; 26:255-262. [PMID: 33439068 DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2020.1868636] [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: 10/22/2022]
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Background: Patients presenting with a diagnosis of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) to community hospitals must be transported to tertiary care centers, where necessary resources are available. Unfortunately, guidelines for treatment of RAAA lack high-level evidence on the optimal resuscitation of RAAA patients during transport. We hypothesized that transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBCs) during transport would not delay transport times in patients with RAAA. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of a prospective registry including prehospital data of patients with RAAA presenting to a single academic hospital in Western Pennsylvania between 2001 and 2019. Our primary outcomes were prehospital transport times: "transport interval" and "total interval." "Transport interval" is the duration from patient pickup at the outside hospital (OSH) to arrival at the receiving facility. "Total interval" is the duration from dispatch of the air medical transport to arrival of the patient to the receiving facility. We then compared two groups of patients, stratified by the receipt of PRBCs in transit, by reporting mean difference (95% confidence interval: CI) for continuous variables and percent difference (95% CI) for categorical variables. We performed two multivariate linear regression models to test if there was any effect of the receipt of PRBCs in transit on transport times. Results: We included 271 patients with RAAA transported by our air ambulance system who underwent an operation at the receiving facility, 99 (37%) of whom received PRBCs in transit. Mean ± standard deviation (SD) of the total intervals were 67 ± 28 and 71 ± 42 minutes, among patients who received or did not receive PRBCs in transit respectively, with no significant difference (p = 0.437). Following adjusted analysis, the receipt of PRBCs during transport was not associated with increased transport times, after accounting for age, hypotension, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), and PRBC transfusion at the OSH. Conclusion: PRBC transfusion during air medical transport in patients with RAAA did not delay transport times.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nancy Mikati
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NM, FXG); Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ARP, NLL); College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NM, FXG); Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ARP, NLL); College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NM, FXG); Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ARP, NLL); College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NM, FXG); Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ARP, NLL); College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NC)
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NM, FXG); Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ARP, NLL); College of General Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NC)
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Penning de Vries BBL, Kolkert JLP, Meerwaldt R, Groenwold RHH. Atmospheric Pressure and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture: Results From a Time Series Analysis and Case-Crossover Study. Vasc Endovascular Surg 2017; 51:441-446. [PMID: 28741441 PMCID: PMC5613808 DOI: 10.1177/1538574417713909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Associations between atmospheric pressure and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture risk have been reported, but empirical evidence is inconclusive and largely derived from studies that did not account for possible nonlinearity, seasonality, and confounding by temperature. METHODS Associations between atmospheric pressure and AAA rupture risk were investigated using local meteorological data and a case series of 358 patients admitted to hospital for ruptured AAA during the study period, January 2002 to December 2012. Two analyses were performed-a time series analysis and a case-crossover study. RESULTS Results from the 2 analyses were similar; neither the time series analysis nor the case-crossover study showed a significant association between atmospheric pressure ( P = .627 and P = .625, respectively, for mean daily atmospheric pressure) or atmospheric pressure variation ( P = .464 and P = .816, respectively, for 24-hour change in mean daily atmospheric pressure) and AAA rupture risk. CONCLUSION This study failed to support claims that atmospheric pressure causally affects AAA rupture risk. In interpreting our results, one should be aware that the range of atmospheric pressure observed in this study is not representative of the atmospheric pressure to which patients with AAA may be exposed, for example, during air travel or travel to high altitudes in the mountains. Making firm claims regarding these conditions in relation to AAA rupture risk is difficult at best. Furthermore, despite the fact that we used one of the largest case series to date to investigate the effect of atmospheric pressure on AAA rupture risk, it is possible that this study is simply too small to demonstrate a causal link.
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- Bas B. L. Penning de Vries
- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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