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Azoulay E, Maertens J, Lemiale V. How I manage acute respiratory failure in patients with hematological malignancies. Blood 2024; 143:971-982. [PMID: 38232056 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023021414] [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: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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ABSTRACT Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is common in patients with hematological malignancies notably those with acute leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, or allogeneic stem cell transplantation. ARF is the leading reason for intensive care unit (ICU) admission, with a 35% case fatality rate. Failure to identify the ARF cause is associated with mortality. A prompt, well-designed diagnostic workup is crucial. The investigations are chosen according to pretest diagnostic probabilities, estimated by the DIRECT approach: D stands for delay, or time since diagnosis; I for pattern of immune deficiency; R and T for radiological evaluation; E refers to clinical experience, and C to the clinical picture. Thorough familiarity with rapid diagnostic tests helps to decrease the use of bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, which can cause respiratory status deterioration in those patients with hypoxemia. A prompt etiological diagnosis shortens the time on unnecessary empirical treatments, decreasing iatrogenic harm and costs. High-quality collaboration between intensivists and hematologists and all crossdisciplinary health care workers is paramount. All oxygen delivery systems should be considered to minimize invasive mechanical ventilation. Treatment of the malignancy is started or continued in the ICU under the guidance of the hematologists. The goal is to use the ICU as a bridge to recovery, with the patient returning to the hematology ward in sufficiently good clinical condition to receive optimal anticancer treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elie Azoulay
- Intensive Care Department, Saint-Louis University Hospital, Paris-Cité University, Paris, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Intensive Care Department, Saint-Louis University Hospital, Paris-Cité University, Paris, France
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Secreto C, Chean D, van de Louw A, Kouatchet A, Bauer P, Cerrano M, Lengliné E, Saillard C, Chow-Chine L, Perner A, Pickkers P, Soares M, Rello J, Pène F, Lemiale V, Darmon M, Fodil S, Martin-Loeches I, Mehta S, Schellongowski P, Azoulay E, Mokart D. Characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute myeloid leukemia admitted to intensive care unit with acute respiratory failure: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective multicenter study. Ann Intensive Care 2023; 13:79. [PMID: 37658994 PMCID: PMC10474995 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-023-01172-3] [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: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is the leading cause of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and data on prognostic factors affecting short-term outcome are needed. METHODS This is a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter, international prospective cohort study on immunocompromised patients with ARF admitted to ICU. We evaluated hospital mortality and associated risk factors in patients with AML and ARF; secondly, we aimed to define specific subgroups within our study population through a cluster analysis. RESULTS Overall, 201 of 1611 immunocompromised patients with ARF had AML and were included in the analysis. Hospital mortality was 46.8%. Variables independently associated with mortality were ECOG performance status ≥ 2 (OR = 2.79, p = 0.04), cough (OR = 2.94, p = 0.034), use of vasopressors (OR = 2.79, p = 0.044), leukemia-specific pulmonary involvement [namely leukostasis, pulmonary infiltration by blasts or acute lysis pneumopathy (OR = 4.76, p = 0.011)] and liver SOFA score (OR = 1.85, p = 0.014). Focal alveolar chest X-ray pattern was associated with survival (OR = 0.13, p = 0.001). We identified 3 clusters, that we named on the basis of the most frequently clinical, biological and radiological features found in each cluster: a "leukemic cluster", with high-risk AML patients with isolated, milder ARF; a "pulmonary cluster", consisting of symptomatic, highly oxygen-requiring, severe ARF with diffuse radiological findings in heavily immunocompromised patients; a clinical "inflammatory cluster", including patients with multi-organ failures in addition to ARF. When included in the multivariate analysis, cluster 2 and 3 were independently associated with hospital mortality. CONCLUSIONS Among AML patients with ARF, factors associated with a worse outcome are related to patient's background (performance status, leukemic pulmonary involvement), symptoms, radiological findings, the need for vasopressors and the liver SOFA score. We identified three specific ARF syndromes in AML patients, which showed a prognostic significance and could guide clinicians to optimize management strategies.
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- Carolina Secreto
- Division of Haematology, Department of Oncology, A.O.U. Città Della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
- Réanimation Polyvalente et Département d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France.
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- Médecine Intensive et Réanimation, APHP, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Medical Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Angers, Angers, France
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Haematology, Department of Oncology, A.O.U. Città Della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy
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- Hématologie Adulte, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Hematology Department, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Réanimation Polyvalente et Département d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Critical Care and Graduate Program in Translational Medicine, D'Or Institute for Research and Education, Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Clínica Médica, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Barcelona, Spain
- CHU Nîmes, Université de Nîmes-Montpellier, Nîmes, France
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- Medical ICU, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris and University Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Hôpital Saint-Louis and Paris Diderot Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Hôpital Saint-Louis and Paris Diderot Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Hôpital Saint-Louis and Paris Diderot Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Sinai Health System and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Medical Intensive Care Unit, APHP, Hôpital Saint-Louis and Paris Diderot Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Réanimation Polyvalente et Département d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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McLaughlin K, Stojcevski A, Hussein A, Moudgil D, Woldie I, Hamm C. Patient vital signs in relation to ICU admission in treatment of acute leukemia: a retrospective chart review. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 26:637-647. [PMID: 34474663 DOI: 10.1080/16078454.2021.1966223] [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: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The objective of the current study was to investigate the relationship between changes in vital signs and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Windsor Regional Hospital treats 15-20 new patients a year with acute leukemia. These patients are at increased risk of neutropenic fevers and admission to the ICU following induction chemotherapy. METHODS Retrospective review examined the correlation between acute leukemia patient vitals and ICU admission. The analysis included 37 patients: 7 ICU versus 30 controls. Changes were compared to baseline over 24 hours prior to ICU admission or 5 days after the initiation of induction chemotherapy in the following vital signs: heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), temperature (T), respiratory rate (RR), and fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) required to maintain a stable oxygen saturation. RESULTS RR and FiO2 demonstrated significant change over baseline leading up to ICU admission within the ICU group. T, HR and MAP did not demonstrate significant changes over time in either group. RR, FiO2 and HR were significantly higher in the ICU group at time zero compared with the control group. RR was recorded least frequently in the 24 hours leading up to ICU admission. DISCUSSION Changes in RR and FiO2 predicted clinical deterioration requiring ICU admission in acute leukemia patients. This is consistent with the predominant reason for ICU admission which was respiratory failure. CONCLUSION We present preliminary evidence to support enhanced monitoring of RR and FiO2 in acute leukemia patients following induction chemotherapy with early intervention if identified.
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- Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Windsor, Canada
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Windsor Regional Cancer Centre, Windsor, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Windsor Regional Cancer Centre, Windsor, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Windsor Regional Cancer Centre, Windsor, Canada
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Van de Louw A, Zhu X, Frankenfield D. Obesity and malnutrition in critically ill patients with acute myeloid leukemia: Prevalence and impact on mortality. Nutrition 2020; 79-80:110956. [PMID: 32862120 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2020.110956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Obese patients have an increased risk of developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which in turn predisposes to malnutrition. Obesity has been associated with improved survival in critically ill patients (obesity paradox), but this effect seems to disappear when adjusting for malnutrition. How obesity and malnutrition interplay to affect mortality in critically ill patients with AML has not been addressed and was the objective of this study. METHODS This was a retrospective chart review of adult patients with AML who were admitted to the medical intensive care unit and had a nutrition consultation between 2011 and 2018. Demographic characteristics, comorbidities, severity scores, and laboratory parameters, as well as data on vital organ support, hospital mortality, and long-term survival were collected. Obesity was defined by a body mass index of ≥30 kg/m2 and malnutrition per the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition criteria. Patients were compared based on nutrition and weight status, and hospital and long-term mortality were analyzed with logistic regression and Kaplan-Meier curves. RESULTS We included 145 patients (57% obese, 30% malnourished) in the study. As time from AML diagnosis elapsed, obesity was less frequent and malnutrition more prevalent, with 25% of obese patients also presenting with malnutrition. Hospital mortality was 40% and associated with malnutrition in nonobese patients (odds ratio: 5.1; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-21.8; P = 0.02) and sequential organ failure assessment severity score (odds ratio: 1.5; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-1.7; P < 0.0001). Sensitivity analyses confirmed the association between malnutrition, but not obesity, and hospital mortality. Obese malnourished patients had lower long-term survival, but this was not significant (P = 0.25). CONCLUSIONS Critically ill patients with AML have a high prevalence of malnutrition and obesity, which are sometimes associated. Malnutrition, but not obesity, was associated with hospital mortality.
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- Andry Van de Louw
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Penn State Health Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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