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Camporota L, Sanderson B, Worrall S, Ostermann M, Barrett NA, Retter A, Busana M, Collins P, Romitti F, Hunt BJ, Rose L, Gattinoni L, Chiumello D. Relationship between D-dimers and dead-space on disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome: A retrospective observational cohort study. J Crit Care 2023; 77:154313. [PMID: 37116437 PMCID: PMC10129848 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154313] [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: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Despite its diagnostic and prognostic importance, physiologic dead space fraction is not included in the current ARDS definition or severity classification. ARDS caused by COVID-19 (C-ARDS) is characterized by increased physiologic dead space fraction and hypoxemia. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between dead space indices, markers of inflammation, immunothrombosis, severity and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality. RESULTS Retrospective data including demographics, gas exchange, ventilatory parameters, and respiratory mechanics in the first 24 h of invasive ventilation. Plasma concentrations of D-dimers and ferritin were not significantly different across C-ARDS severity categories. Weak relationships were found between D-dimers and VR (r = 0.07, p = 0.13), PETCO2/PaCO2 (r = -0.1, p = 0.02), or estimated dead space fraction (r = 0.019, p = 0.68). Age, PaO2/FiO2, pH, PETCO2/PaCO2 and ferritin, were independently associated with ICU mortality. We found no association between D-dimers or ferritin and any dead-space indices adjusting for PaO2/FiO2, days of ventilation, tidal volume, and respiratory system compliance. CONCLUSIONS We report no association between dead space and inflammatory markers in mechanically ventilated patients with C-ARDS. Our results support theories suggesting that multiple mechanisms, in addition to immunothrombosis, play a role in the pathophysiology of respiratory failure and degree of dead space in C-ARDS.
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- Luigi Camporota
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; Centre of Human Applied Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center of Göttingen, Germany
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center of Göttingen, Germany
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center of Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, ASST Santi e Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Italy.
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Yiang GT, Wu YK, Tsai KW, Tzeng IS, Hu WC, Liao MT, Lu KC, Chung HW, Chao YC, Su WL. Immunothrombosis biomarkers as potential predictive factors of acute respiratory distress syndrome in moderate-to-critical COVID-19: A single-center, retrospective cohort study. Immunol Lett 2023; 254:30-38. [PMID: 36702261 PMCID: PMC9869627 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2023.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Immunothrombosis, a process of inflammation and coagulation, is involved in sepsis-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome formation (ARDS). However, the clinical correlation between immunothrombosis biomarkers (including tissue factor [TF] and von Willebrand factor [vWF]) and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related ARDS is unknown. This study investigated ARDS development following moderate-to-critical COVID-19 and examined immunothrombosis biomarkers as ARDS predictors. METHODS This retrospective cohort study included patients with moderate-to-critical COVID-19 (n = 165) admitted to a northern teaching hospital during the 2021 pandemic in Taiwan, who had no COVID-19 vaccinations. Immunothrombosis biomarkers were compared between COVID-19 patients with and without ARDS (no-ARDS) and a control group consisting of 100 healthy individuals. RESULTS The study included 58 ARDS and 107 no-ARDS patients. In multivariable analysis, TF (aOR=1.031, 95% CI: 1.009-1.053, p = 0.006); and vWF (aOR=1.053, 95% CI: 1.002-1.105, p = 0.041) were significantly associated with ARDS episodes, after adjusting for other confounding factors. vWF and TF predicted ARDS with the area under the curve of 0.870 (95% CI: 0.796-0.945). Further mechanical ventilation analysis found TF to be correlated significantly with pCO2 and ventilatory ratio. CONCLUSIONS TF and vWF levels potentially predicted ARDS development within 7 days of admission for COVID-19 after adjusting for traditional risk factors. TF correlated with ventilation impairment in COVID-19 ARDS but further prospective studies are needed.
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- Giou-Teng Yiang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taoyuan City 325, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University Hospital, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University Hospital, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
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- School of Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 112, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei 231, Taiwan.
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Use of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19: Results of a Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial. Crit Care Med 2022; 50:586-594. [PMID: 34593706 PMCID: PMC8923279 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Airway pressure release ventilation is a ventilatory mode characterized by a mandatory inverse inspiratory:expiratory ratio with a very short expiratory phase, aimed to avoid derecruitment and allow spontaneous breathing. Recent basic and clinical evidence suggests that this mode could be associated with improved outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes between airway pressure release ventilation and traditional ventilation targeting low tidal volume, in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019. DESIGN Single-center randomized controlled trial. SETTING ICU of a Mexican referral center dedicated to care of patients with confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019. PATIENTS Ninety adult intubated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019. INTERVENTIONS Within 48 hours after intubation, patients were randomized to either receive ventilatory management with airway pressure release ventilation or continue low tidal volume ventilation. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Forty-five patients in airway pressure release ventilation group and 45 in the low tidal volume group were included. Ventilator-free days were 3.7 (0-15) and 5.2 (0-19) in the airway pressure release ventilation and low tidal volume groups, respectively (p = 0.28). During the first 7 days, patients in airway pressure release ventilation had a higher Pao2/Fio2 (mean difference, 26 [95%CI, 13-38]; p < 0.001) and static compliance (mean difference, 3.7 mL/cm H2O [95% CI, 0.2-7.2]; p = 0.03), higher mean airway pressure (mean difference, 3.1 cm H2O [95% CI, 2.1-4.1]; p < 0.001), and higher tidal volume (mean difference, 0.76 mL/kg/predicted body weight [95% CI, 0.5-1.0]; p < 0.001). More patients in airway pressure release ventilation had transient severe hypercapnia, defined as an elevation of Pco2 at greater than or equal to 55 along with a pH less than 7.15 (42% vs 15%; p = 0.009); other outcomes were similar. Overall mortality was 69%, with no difference between the groups (78% in airway pressure release ventilation vs 60% in low tidal volume; p = 0.07). CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, when compared with low tidal volume, airway pressure release ventilation was not associated with more ventilator-free days or improvement in other relevant outcomes in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019.
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Kidney Injury in COVID-19: Epidemiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Potential Therapeutic Targets. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23042242. [PMID: 35216358 PMCID: PMC8877127 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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As of December 2021, SARS-CoV-2 had caused over 250 million infections and 5 million deaths worldwide. Furthermore, despite the development of highly effective vaccines, novel variants of SARS-CoV-2 continue to sustain the pandemic, and the search for effective therapies for COVID-19 remains as urgent as ever. Though the primary manifestation of COVID-19 is pneumonia, the disease can affect multiple organs, including the kidneys, with acute kidney injury (AKI) being among the most common extrapulmonary manifestations of severe COVID-19. In this article, we start by reflecting on the epidemiology of kidney disease in COVID-19, which overwhelmingly demonstrates that AKI is common in COVID-19 and is strongly associated with poor outcomes. We also present emerging data showing that COVID-19 may result in long-term renal impairment and delve into the ongoing debate about whether AKI in COVID-19 is mediated by direct viral injury. Next, we focus on the molecular pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection by both reviewing previously published data and presenting some novel data on the mechanisms of cellular viral entry. Finally, we relate these molecular mechanisms to a series of therapies currently under investigation and propose additional novel therapeutic targets for COVID-19.
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Physiologic Improvement in Respiratory Acidosis Using Extracorporeal Co 2 Removal With Hemolung Respiratory Assist System in the Management of Severe Respiratory Failure From Coronavirus Disease 2019. Crit Care Explor 2021; 3:e0372. [PMID: 33786448 PMCID: PMC7994071 DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Objectives About 15% of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients require ICU admission, and most (80%) of these require invasive mechanical ventilation. Lung-protective ventilation in coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory failure may result in severe respiratory acidosis without significant hypoxemia. Low-flow extracorporeal Co2 removal can facilitate lung-protective ventilation and avoid the adverse effects of severe respiratory acidosis. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal Co2 removal using the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System in correcting severe respiratory acidosis in mechanically ventilated coronavirus disease 2019 patients with severe acute respiratory failure. Design Retrospective cohort analysis of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 mechanically ventilated with severe hypercapnia and respiratory acidosis and treated with low-flow extracorporeal Co2 removal. Setting Eight tertiary ICUs in the United States. Patients Adult patients supported with the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System from March 1, to September 30, 2020. Interventions Extracorporeal Co2 removal with Hemolung Respiratory Assist System under a Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for coronavirus disease 2019. Measurements and Main Results The primary outcome was improvement in pH and Paco2 from baseline. Secondary outcomes included survival to decannulation, mortality, time on ventilator, and adverse events. Thirty-one patients were treated with Hemolung Respiratory Assist System with significant improvement in pH and Pco2 in this cohort. Two patients experienced complications that prevented treatment. Of the 29 treated patients, 58% survived to 48 hours post treatment and 38% to hospital discharge. No difference in age or comorbidities were noted between survivors and nonsurvivors. There was significant improvement in pH (7.24 ± 0.12 to 7.35 ± 0.07; p < 0.0001) and Paco2 (79 ± 23 to 58 ± 14; p < 0.0001) from baseline to 24 hours. Conclusions In this retrospective case series of 29 patients, we have demonstrated efficacy of extracorporeal Co2 removal using the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System to improve respiratory acidosis in patients with severe hypercapnic respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019.
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Chand R, Swenson ER, Goldfarb DS. Sodium bicarbonate therapy for acute respiratory acidosis. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2021; 30:223-230. [PMID: 33395037 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0000000000000687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Respiratory acidosis is commonly present in patients with respiratory failure. The usual treatment of hypercapnia is to increase ventilation. During the recent surge of COVID-19, respiratory acidosis unresponsive to increased mechanical ventilatory support was common. Increasing mechanical ventilation comes at the expense of barotrauma and hemodynamic compromise from increasing positive end-expiratory pressures or minute ventilation. Treating acute respiratory acidemia with sodium bicarbonate remains controversial. RECENT FINDINGS There are no randomized controlled trials of administration of sodium bicarbonate for respiratory acidemia. A recent review concluded that alkali therapy for mixed respiratory and metabolic acidosis might be useful but was based on the conflicting and not conclusive literature regarding metabolic acidosis. This strategy should not be extrapolated to treatment of respiratory acidemia. Low tidal volume ventilation in acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has beneficial effects associated with permissive hypercapnia. Whether the putative benefits will be negated by administration of alkali is not known. Hypercapnic acidosis is well tolerated, with few adverse effects as long as tissue perfusion and oxygenation are maintained. SUMMARY There is a lack of clinical evidence that administration of sodium bicarbonate for respiratory acidosis has a net benefit; in fact, there are potential risks associated with it.
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- Ranjeeta Chand
- Nephrology Division, New York University Langone Health and Nephrology Section, NY Harbor VA Healthcare System
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- Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, University of Washington, and VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Nephrology Division, New York University Langone Health and Nephrology Section, NY Harbor VA Healthcare System
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