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The Feasibility of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Immunosuppressed ICU Patients with or without Thrombocytopenia. Crit Care Res Pract 2022; 2022:5356413. [PMID: 35646396 PMCID: PMC9134848 DOI: 10.1155/2022/5356413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) has become the preferred method in several intensive care units (ICUs), but data on PDT performed in immunosuppressed and thrombocytopenic patients are scarce. This study aimed to analyze the feasibility of PDT in immunosuppressed and thrombocytopenic patients compared to conventional open surgical tracheostomy (OST). Methods We retrospectively analyzed the charts of patients who underwent PDT or OST between May 2017 and November 2020. Our outcomes were stoma site infections and bleeding complications. Results 63 patients underwent PDT, and 21 patients underwent OST. Distribution of gender ratio, age, SAPS II, time of ventilation before tracheostomy, and preexisting hematooncological diseases was comparable between the two groups. After allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT), patients were more likely to undergo PDT than OST (p=0.033). The PDT cohort suffered from mucositis more frequently (p=0.043). There were no significant differences in leucocyte or platelet count on the tracheostomy day. Patients with coagulation disorders and patients under immunosuppression were distributed equally among both groups. Stoma site infection was documented in five cases in PDT and eight cases in the OST group. Moderate infections were remarkably increased in the OST group. Smears were positive in six cases in the PDT group; none of these patients had local infection signs. In the OST group, smears were positive in four cases; all had signs of a stroma site infection. Postprocedural bleedings occurred in eight cases (9.5%) and were observed significantly more often in the OST group (p=0.001), leading to emergency surgery in one case of the OST group. Conclusion PDT is a feasible and safe procedure in a predominantly immunosuppressed and thrombocytopenic patient cohort without an increased risk for stoma site infections or bleeding complications.
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Schönhofer B, Geiseler J, Dellweg D, Fuchs H, Moerer O, Weber-Carstens S, Westhoff M, Windisch W. Prolonged Weaning: S2k Guideline Published by the German Respiratory Society. Respiration 2020; 99:1-102. [PMID: 33302267 DOI: 10.1159/000510085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle insufficiency and/or lung parenchymal disease; that is, when other treatments such as medication, oxygen administration, secretion management, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), or nasal high-flow therapy have failed. MV is required for maintaining gas exchange and allows more time to curatively treat the underlying cause of respiratory failure. In the majority of ventilated patients, liberation or "weaning" from MV is routine, without the occurrence of any major problems. However, approximately 20% of patients require ongoing MV, despite amelioration of the conditions that precipitated the need for it in the first place. Approximately 40-50% of the time spent on MV is required to liberate the patient from the ventilator, a process called "weaning". In addition to acute respiratory failure, numerous factors can influence the duration and success rate of the weaning process; these include age, comorbidities, and conditions and complications acquired during the ICU stay. According to international consensus, "prolonged weaning" is defined as the weaning process in patients who have failed at least 3 weaning attempts, or require more than 7 days of weaning after the first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). Given that prolonged weaning is a complex process, an interdisciplinary approach is essential for it to be successful. In specialised weaning centres, approximately 50% of patients with initial weaning failure can be liberated from MV after prolonged weaning. However, the heterogeneity of patients undergoing prolonged weaning precludes the direct comparison of individual centres. Patients with persistent weaning failure either die during the weaning process, or are discharged back to their home or to a long-term care facility with ongoing MV. Urged by the growing importance of prolonged weaning, this Sk2 Guideline was first published in 2014 as an initiative of the German Respiratory Society (DGP), in conjunction with other scientific societies involved in prolonged weaning. The emergence of new research, clinical study findings and registry data, as well as the accumulation of experience in daily practice, have made the revision of this guideline necessary. The following topics are dealt with in the present guideline: Definitions, epidemiology, weaning categories, underlying pathophysiology, prevention of prolonged weaning, treatment strategies in prolonged weaning, the weaning unit, discharge from hospital on MV, and recommendations for end-of-life decisions. Special emphasis was placed on the following themes: (1) A new classification of patient sub-groups in prolonged weaning. (2) Important aspects of pulmonary rehabilitation and neurorehabilitation in prolonged weaning. (3) Infrastructure and process organisation in the care of patients in prolonged weaning based on a continuous treatment concept. (4) Changes in therapeutic goals and communication with relatives. Aspects of paediatric weaning are addressed separately within individual chapters. The main aim of the revised guideline was to summarize both current evidence and expert-based knowledge on the topic of "prolonged weaning", and to use this information as a foundation for formulating recommendations related to "prolonged weaning", not only in acute medicine but also in the field of chronic intensive care medicine. The following professionals served as important addressees for this guideline: intensivists, pulmonary medicine specialists, anaesthesiologists, internists, cardiologists, surgeons, neurologists, paediatricians, geriatricians, palliative care clinicians, rehabilitation physicians, intensive/chronic care nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, medical service of health insurance, and associated ventilator manufacturers.
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- Bernd Schönhofer
- Klinikum Agnes Karll Krankenhaus, Klinikum Region Hannover, Laatzen, Germany,
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- Klinikum Vest, Medizinische Klinik IV: Pneumologie, Beatmungs- und Schlafmedizin, Marl, Germany
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- Fachkrankenhaus Kloster Grafschaft GmbH, Abteilung Pneumologie II, Schmallenberg, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Neonatologie und Pädiatrische Intensivmedizin, Freiburg, Germany
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- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Göttingen, Germany
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- Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum und Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- Lungenklinik Hemer, Hemer, Germany
- Universität Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany
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- Lungenklinik, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany
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Trouillet JL, Collange O, Belafia F, Blot F, Capellier G, Cesareo E, Constantin JM, Demoule A, Diehl JL, Guinot PG, Jegoux F, L’Her E, Luyt CE, Mahjoub Y, Mayaux J, Quintard H, Ravat F, Vergez S, Amour J, Guillot M. Trachéotomie en réanimation : recommandations formalisées d’experts sous l’égide de la Société de réanimation de langue française (SRLF) et de la Société française d’anesthésie et de réanimation (SFAR), en collaboration avec la Société française de médecine d’urgence (SFMU) et la Société française d’otorhinolaryngologie (SFORL). MEDECINE INTENSIVE REANIMATION 2019. [DOI: 10.3166/rea-2018-0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Trouillet JL, Collange O, Belafia F, Blot F, Capellier G, Cesareo E, Constantin JM, Demoule A, Diehl JL, Guinot PG, Jegoux F, L’Her E, Luyt CE, Mahjoub Y, Mayaux J, Quintard H, Ravat F, Vergez S, Amour J, Guillot M. Trachéotomie en réanimation. ANESTHÉSIE & RÉANIMATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anrea.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Trouillet JL, Collange O, Belafia F, Blot F, Capellier G, Cesareo E, Constantin JM, Demoule A, Diehl JL, Guinot PG, Jegoux F, L'Her E, Luyt CE, Mahjoub Y, Mayaux J, Quintard H, Ravat F, Vergez S, Amour J, Guillot M. Tracheotomy in the intensive care unit: Guidelines from a French expert panel: The French Intensive Care Society and the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2018; 37:281-294. [PMID: 29559211 DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2018.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tracheotomy is widely used in intensive care units, albeit with great disparities between medical teams in terms of frequency and modality. Indications and techniques are, however, associated with variable levels of evidence based on inhomogeneous or even contradictory literature. Our aim was to conduct a systematic analysis of the published data in order to provide guidelines. We present herein recommendations for the use of tracheotomy in adult critically ill patients developed using the grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation (GRADE) method. These guidelines were conducted by a group of experts from the French Intensive Care Society (Société de réanimation de langue française) and the French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (Société francaise d'anesthésie réanimation) with the participation of the French Emergency Medicine Association (Société française de médecine d'urgence), the French Society of Otorhinolaryngology. Sixteen experts and two coordinators agreed to consider questions concerning tracheotomy and its practical implementation. Five topics were defined: indications and contraindications for tracheotomy in intensive care, tracheotomy techniques in intensive care, modalities of tracheotomy in intensive care, management of patients undergoing tracheotomy in intensive care, and decannulation in intensive care. The summary made by the experts and the application of GRADE methodology led to the drawing up of 8 formal guidelines, 10 recommendations, and 3 treatment protocols. Among the 8 formal guidelines, 2 have a high level of proof (Grade 1±) and 6 a low level of proof (Grade 2±). For the 10 recommendations, GRADE methodology was not applicable and instead 10 expert opinions were produced.
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- Jean-Louis Trouillet
- Service de réanimation, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, pôle d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale, SAMU, SMUR, NHC, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg, France; EA 3072, FMTS université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Inserm, U1046, intensive care unit and department of anesthesiology, research unit, university of Montpellier, Saint-Éloi hospital, Montpellier school of medicine, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- Medical-surgical intensive care unit, Gustave-Roussy Cancer Campus, 94800 Villejuif, France
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- EA3920, université de Franche-Comté, CHRU de Besançon, 25000 Besançon, France; Australian and New Zealand intensive care research centre, department of epidemiology and preventive medicine, Monash University Clayton, Australia
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- SAMU de Lyon and department of emergency medicine, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Edouard-Herriot hospital, 69003 Lyon, France; Lyon Sud, school of medicine, university Lyon 1, 69600 Oullins, France
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- Department of preoperative medicine university hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; EA-7281, R2D2, Auvergne University, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Inserm, UMRS1158 neurophysiologie respiratoire expérimentale et clinique Sorbonne Université, 75013 Paris France; AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles-Foix, service de pneumologie et réanimation médicale du département R3S, Sorbonne Université Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Medical ICU, Georges-Pompidou European Hospital, AP-HP, 75016 Paris, France; Inserm UMR-S1140 Paris Descartes University and Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France
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- Anaesthesiology and critical care department, Amiens University Hospital, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens, France; Inserm, U1088, Jules-Verne University of Picardy, 80054 Amiens, France
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- Service ORL et chirurgie cervico-maxillofaciale, CHU de Pontchaillou, rue H.-Le-Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex 9, France
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- CeSim/LaTIM Inserm, UMR 1101, université de Bretagne Occidentale, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 29200 Brest cedex, France; Médecine intensive et réanimation CHRU de Brest, boulevard Tanguy-Prigent, 29200 Brest cedex, France
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- Service de réanimation, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75013 Paris, France; Inserm, UMRS-1166, UPMC, université Paris 06, ICAN, institute of cardiometabolism and nutrition sorbonne universités, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of anesthesia and intensive care, Amiens-Picardie, university Hospital, 80054 Amiens, France
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- Inserm, UMRS1158 neurophysiologie respiratoire expérimentale et clinique Sorbonne Université, 75013 Paris France; AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles-Foix, service de pneumologie et réanimation médicale du département R3S, Sorbonne Université Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Réanimation médico-chirurgicale, hôpital Pasteur 2, CHU de Nice, 30, voie Romaine, 06000 Nice, France; CNRS, UMR 7275, IPMC, 06560 Sophia Antipolis Valbonne, France
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- Centre des brûlés, centre hospitalier St-Joseph et St-Luc, 20, quai Claude-Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France
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- ORL chirurgie cervicofaciale, CHU de Toulouse, Rangueil-Larrey, 24, chemin de Pouvourville, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France
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- Département d'anesthésie et de réanimation chirurgicale, institut de cardiologie, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- EA 3072, FMTS université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France; Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, hôpital de Hautepierre, réanimation médicale, avenue Molière, 67200 Strasbourg, France.
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Trouillet JL, Collange O, Belafia F, Blot F, Capellier G, Cesareo E, Constantin JM, Demoule A, Diehl JL, Guinot PG, Jegoux F, L'Her E, Luyt CE, Mahjoub Y, Mayaux J, Quintard H, Ravat F, Vergez S, Amour J, Guillot M. Tracheotomy in the intensive care unit: guidelines from a French expert panel. Ann Intensive Care 2018; 8:37. [PMID: 29546588 PMCID: PMC5854567 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-018-0381-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Tracheotomy is widely used in intensive care units, albeit with great disparities between medical teams in terms of frequency and modality. Indications and techniques are, however, associated with variable levels of evidence based on inhomogeneous or even contradictory literature. Our aim was to conduct a systematic analysis of the published data in order to provide guidelines. We present herein recommendations for the use of tracheotomy in adult critically ill patients developed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) method. These guidelines were conducted by a group of experts from the French Intensive Care Society (Société de Réanimation de Langue Française) and the French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (Société Francaise d'Anesthésie Réanimation) with the participation of the French Emergency Medicine Association (Société Française de Médecine d'Urgence), the French Society of Otorhinolaryngology. Sixteen experts and two coordinators agreed to consider questions concerning tracheotomy and its practical implementation. Five topics were defined: indications and contraindications for tracheotomy in intensive care, tracheotomy techniques in intensive care, modalities of tracheotomy in intensive care, management of patients undergoing tracheotomy in intensive care, and decannulation in intensive care. The summary made by the experts and the application of GRADE methodology led to the drawing up of 8 formal guidelines, 10 recommendations, and 3 treatment protocols. Among the 8 formal guidelines, 2 have a high level of proof (Grade 1+/-) and 6 a low level of proof (Grade 2+/-). For the 10 recommendations, GRADE methodology was not applicable and instead 10 expert opinions were produced.
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- Jean Louis Trouillet
- Service de Réanimation, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Pôle d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, SAMU, SMUR, NHC, 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.,EA 3072, FMTS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Intensive Care Unit and Department of Anesthesiology, Research Unit INSERM U1046, University of Montpellier Saint Eloi Hospital and Montpellier School of Medicine, Montpellier, France
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- Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- CHRU Besançon 25000, EA3920 Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.,Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- SAMU de Lyon and Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France.,Lyon Sud School of Medicine, University Lyon 1, Oullins, France
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- Department of Preoperative Medicine, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,R2D2, EA-7281, Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale du Département R3S, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Medical ICU, AP-HP, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France.,INSERM UMR-S1140, Paris Descartes University and Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Department, Amiens University Hospital, Place Victor Pauchet, 80054, Amiens, France.,INSERM U1088, Jules Verne University of Picardy, 80054, Amiens, France
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- Service ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-maxillo-Faciale, CHU PONTCHAILLOU, Rue H. Le Guilloux, 35033, Rennes Cedex 9, France
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- CeSim/LaTIM INSERM UMR 1101, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Rue Camille Desmoulins, 29200, Brest Cedex, France.,Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, CHRU de Brest, Boulevard Tanguy Prigent, 29200, Brest Cedex, France
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- Service de Réanimation, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,UPMC Université Paris 06, INSERM, UMRS-1166, ICAN Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Amiens-Picardie University Hospital, Amiens, France
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- INSERM, UMRS1158 Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles Foix, Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation Médicale du Département R3S, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Réanimation médico chirurgicale Hôpital Pasteur 2 CHU de Nice, 30 voie romaine, 06000, Nice, France.,CNRS UMR 7275, IPMC Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
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- Centre des brûlés, Centre Hospitalier St Joseph et St Luc, 20 quai Claude Bernard, 69007, Lyon, France
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- ORL Chirurgie Cervicofaciale, CHU Toulouse Rangueil-Larrey, 24 chemin de Pouvourville, 31059, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Département d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation Chirurgicale, Institut de Cardiologie, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France
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- EA 3072, FMTS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France. .,Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Réanimation Médicale, Avenue Molière, 67200, Strasbourg, France.
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Schaefer A, Schneeberger Y, Reichart D, Bernhardt AM, Kubik M, Barten MJ, Wagner FM, Kluge S, Reichenspurner H, Philipp SA. Percutaneous Dilatation Tracheostomy in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device and Established Phenprocoumon Therapy. ASAIO J 2016; 62:715-718. [DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000000426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Safety of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in patients on extracorporeal lung support. Intensive Care Med 2013; 39:1792-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3023-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Avoiding invasive mechanical ventilation by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal in patients failing noninvasive ventilation. Intensive Care Med 2012; 38:1632-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2649-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Veelo DP, Vlaar AP, Dongelmans DA, Binnekade JM, Levi M, Paulus F, Berends F, Schultz MJ. Correction of subclinical coagulation disorders before percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy. BLOOD TRANSFUSION = TRASFUSIONE DEL SANGUE 2012; 10:213-20. [PMID: 22337277 PMCID: PMC3320783 DOI: 10.2450/2012.0086-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is evidence that percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy (PDT) can be safely performed in patients with severe coagulation disorders if these are carefully corrected immediately before the procedure. However, it is currently unclear whether PDT can be performed safely in patients in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with uncorrected mild coagulation disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a randomised controlled trial we determined the effect of correction of mild coagulation disorders on bleeding during and after PDT. ICU patients planned for bedside PDT with: (i) a prothrombin time (PT) between 14.7-20.0 seconds, (ii) a platelet count between 40-100×10(9)/L and/or (iii) active treatment with acetylsalicylic acid were randomised to receive infusion with fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) and/or platelets ("correction") versus no transfusion ("no correction") before PDT. RESULTS We randomised 35 patients to the "correction" group and 37 patients to the "no correction" group. In patients who received FFP, the decrease in PT was marginal (mean decrease 0.40±0.56 seconds); the median increase in platelet counts after transfusion of platelets was 35 [11-47]x10(9)/L. The median blood loss was 3 [IQR: 1-6] grams in the "correction" group and 3 [IQR: 2-6] grams in the "no correction" group (P=0.96). DISCUSSION Bleeding during and after bedside PDT in ICU patients with mild coagulation disorders is rare in our setting. Correction of subclinical coagulation disorders by transfusion of FFP and/or platelets does not affect bleeding.
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- Denise P Veelo
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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