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Kunz JV, Hansmann H, Fähndrich M, Pigorsch M, Bethke N, Peters H, Krüger A, Schroeder T, Marcy F, Magomedov A, Müller-Redetzky H, Eckardt KU, Khadzhynov D, Enghard P. Standard vs. carbone dioxide adapted kidney replacement therapy in hypercapnic ARDS patients: a randomized controlled pilot trial (BigBIC). Crit Care 2024; 28:198. [PMID: 38863072 PMCID: PMC11167756 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-024-04979-z] [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: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Current continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) protocols ignore physiological renal compensation for hypercapnia. This study aimed to explore feasibility, safety, and clinical benefits of pCO2-adapted CKRT for hypercapnic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients with indication for CKRT. METHODS We enrolled mechanically ventilated hypercapnic ARDS patients (pCO2 > 7.33 kPa) receiving regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) based CKRT in a prospective, randomized-controlled pilot-study across five intensive care units at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to the control group with bicarbonate targeted to 24 mmol/l or pCO2-adapted-CKRT with target bicarbonate corresponding to physiological renal compensation. Study duration was six days. Primary outcome was bicarbonate after 72 h. Secondary endpoints included safety and clinical endpoints. Endpoints were assessed in all patients receiving treatment. RESULTS From September 2021 to May 2023 40 patients (80% male) were enrolled. 19 patients were randomized to the control group, 21 patients were randomized to pCO2-adapted-CKRT. Five patients were excluded before receiving treatment: three in the control group (consent withdrawal, lack of inclusion criteria fulfillment (n = 2)) and two in the intervention group (lack of inclusion criteria fulfillment, sudden unexpected death) and were therefore not included in the analysis. Median plasma bicarbonate 72 h after randomization was significantly higher in the intervention group (30.70 mmol/l (IQR 29.48; 31.93)) than in the control group (26.40 mmol/l (IQR 25.63; 26.88); p < 0.0001). More patients in the intervention group received lung protective ventilation defined as tidal volume < 8 ml/kg predicted body weight. Thirty-day mortality was 10/16 (63%) in the control group vs. 8/19 (42%) in the intervention group (p = 0.26). CONCLUSION Tailoring CKRT to physiological renal compensation of respiratory acidosis appears feasible and safe with the potential to improve patient care in hypercapnic ARDS. TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00026177) on September 9, 2021 and is now closed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Julius Valentin Kunz
- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Nephrology, Vivantes Klinikum Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Platz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
- Kuratorium for Dialysis and Transplantation (KfH) Renal Unit Berlin-Mitte, Große Hamburger Str. 5-11, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
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Adrogué HJ, Tucker BM, Madias NE. Clinical Approach to Assessing Acid-Base Status: Physiological vs Stewart. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2022; 29:343-354. [PMID: 36175072 DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2022.04.008] [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: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Evaluation of acid-base status depends on accurate measurement of acid-base variables and their appropriate assessment. Currently, 3 approaches are utilized for assessing acid-base variables. The physiological or traditional approach, pioneered by Henderson and Van Slyke in the early 1900s, considers acids as H+ donors and bases as H+ acceptors. The acid-base status is conceived as resulting from the interaction of net H+ balance with body buffers and relies on the H2CO3/HCO3- buffer pair for its assessment. A second approach, developed by Astrup and Siggaard-Andersen in the late 1950s, is known as the base excess approach. Base excess was introduced as a measure of the metabolic component replacing plasma [HCO3-]. In the late 1970s, Stewart proposed a third approach that bears his name and is also referred to as the physicochemical approach. It postulates that the [H+] of body fluids reflects changes in the dissociation of water induced by the interplay of 3 independent variables-strong ion difference, total concentration of weak acids, and PCO2. Here we focus on the physiological approach and Stewart's approach examining their conceptual framework, practical application, as well as attributes and drawbacks. We conclude with our view about the optimal approach to assessing acid-base status.
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- Horacio J Adrogué
- Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA.
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Kim J, Kim S, Hwang J. Sodium bicarbonate buffer for weaning from venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure and acute renal failure. Ann Thorac Med 2022; 17:237-240. [PMID: 36387754 PMCID: PMC9662079 DOI: 10.4103/atm.atm_265_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although the routine use of alkali buffer is not recommended in patients with respiratory acidosis, some patients may benefit from its administration. A 42-year-old man was treated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) and continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) due to necrotizing pneumonia and emphysematous cystitis with Klebsiella pneumoniae. Although the sweep gas flow rate of the VV-ECMO was gradually reduced, he failed to wean off VV-ECMO due to respiratory acidosis, followed by tachycardia and tachypnea on the 63rd day of VV-ECMO. Therefore, we mixed sodium bicarbonate in the replacement fluid of CVVHDF for 5 days to avoid an intolerable decrease in blood pH after discontinuing the VV-ECMO sweep gas. When the serum bicarbonate concentration was >30 mmol/L and pH was maintained at >7.30 with a PCO2 of >60 mmHg, VV-ECMO was finally decannulated. Sodium bicarbonate buffer through the replacement of CVVHDF fluid facilitated VV-ECMO weaning in a patient with hypercapnic respiratory failure.
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