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Munoz MA, Fletcher EK, Skinner OP, Jurczyluk J, Kristianto E, Hodson MP, Sun S, Ebetino FH, Croucher DR, Hansbro PM, Center JR, Rogers MJ. Bisphosphonate drugs have actions in the lung and inhibit the mevalonate pathway in alveolar macrophages. eLife 2021; 10:e72430. [PMID: 34967731 PMCID: PMC8718110 DOI: 10.7554/elife.72430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Bisphosphonates drugs target the skeleton and are used globally for the treatment of common bone disorders. Nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates act by inhibiting the mevalonate pathway in bone-resorbing osteoclasts but, surprisingly, also appear to reduce the risk of death from pneumonia. We overturn the long-held belief that these drugs act only in the skeleton and show that a fluorescently labelled bisphosphonate is internalised by alveolar macrophages and large peritoneal macrophages in vivo. Furthermore, a single dose of a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate (zoledronic acid) in mice was sufficient to inhibit the mevalonate pathway in tissue-resident macrophages, causing the build-up of a mevalonate metabolite and preventing protein prenylation. Importantly, one dose of bisphosphonate enhanced the immune response to bacterial endotoxin in the lung and increased the level of cytokines and chemokines in bronchoalveolar fluid. These studies suggest that bisphosphonates, as well as preventing bone loss, may boost immune responses to infection in the lung and provide a mechanistic basis to fully examine the potential of bisphosphonates to help combat respiratory infections that cause pneumonia.
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- Marcia A Munoz
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Innovation CentreSydneyAustralia
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- Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Innovation CentreSydneyAustralia
- School of Pharmacy, University of QueenslandWoolloongabbaAustralia
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- BioVincPasadenaUnited States
- University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesUnited States
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW SydneySydneyAustralia
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research and St Vincent’s Clinical School, UNSW SydneySydneyAustralia
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Cervera Montes M, Gastaldo Simeón RM, Portugal Rodríguez E. Recommendations for specialized nutritional-metabolic treatment of the critical patient: the chronic critical patient. Metabolism and Nutrition Working Group of the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC). Med Intensiva 2021; 44 Suppl 1:81-84. [PMID: 32532418 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2019.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- M Cervera Montes
- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, España.
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- Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, España
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Bisphosphonates are first line agents used to treat osteoporosis and reduce fracture rate. They bind to areas of exposed calcium in the skeleton and cause osteoclast apoptosis, thereby leading to a reduction in remodelling rates. They are also used to decrease skeletal complications of some cancers including a reduction in bone metastases. Following the landmark randomised controlled trial of zoledronate post hip fracture (HORIZON) in which an unexpected survival benefit was found, there has been increasing interest in their potential ability to increase lifespan. This review will consider the clinical evidence for their effect on mortality in both the osteoporosis and non-osteoporosis settings, the latter including studies in intensive care, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Where evidence exists, this review will briefly discuss some of the postulated mechanisms for this survival benefit.
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- Jacqueline R Center
- Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia; St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
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- Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia; St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Australia
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Rogers MJ, Mönkkönen J, Munoz MA. Molecular mechanisms of action of bisphosphonates and new insights into their effects outside the skeleton. Bone 2020; 139:115493. [PMID: 32569873 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Bisphosphonates (BP) are a class of calcium-binding drug used to prevent bone resorption in skeletal disorders such as osteoporosis and metastatic bone disease. They act by selectively targeting bone-resorbing osteoclasts and can be grouped into two classes depending on their intracellular mechanisms of action. Simple BPs cause osteoclast apoptosis after cytoplasmic conversion into toxic ATP analogues. In contrast, nitrogen-containing BPs potently inhibit FPP synthase, an enzyme of the mevalonate (cholesterol biosynthesis) pathway. This results in production of a toxic metabolite (ApppI) and the loss of long-chain isoprenoid lipids required for protein prenylation, a process necessary for the function of small GTPase proteins essential for the survival and activity of osteoclasts. In this review we provide a state-of-the-art overview of these mechanisms of action and a historical perspective of how they were discovered. Finally, we challenge the long-held dogma that BPs act only in the skeleton and highlight recent studies that reveal insights into hitherto unknown effects on tumour-associated and tissue-resident macrophages.
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- Michael J Rogers
- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
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Martucci G, Bonicolini E, Parekh D, Thein OS, Scherkl M, Amrein K. Metabolic and Endocrine Challenges. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 42:78-97. [PMID: 32882734 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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This review aims to provide an overview of metabolic and endocrine challenges in the setting of intensive care medicine. These are a group of heterogeneous clinical conditions with a high degree of overlap, as well as nonspecific signs and symptoms. Several diseases involve multiple organ systems, potentially causing catastrophic dysfunction and death. In the majority of cases, endocrine challenges accompany other organ failures or manifest as a complication of prolonged intensive care unit stay and malnutrition. However, when endocrine disorders present as an isolated syndrome, they are a rare and extreme manifestation. As they are uncommon, these can typically challenge both with diagnosis and management. Acute exacerbations may be elicited by triggers such as infections, trauma, surgery, and hemorrhage. In this complex scenario, early diagnosis and prompt treatment require knowledge of the specific endocrine syndrome. Here, we review diabetic coma, hyponatremia, hypercalcemia, thyroid emergencies, pituitary insufficiency, adrenal crisis, and vitamin D deficiency, highlighting diagnostic tools and tricks, and management pathways through defining common clinical presentations.
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- Gennaro Martucci
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta Specializzazione), Palermo, Italy
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- Critical Care, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Critical Care, Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Bliuc D, Tran T, van Geel T, Adachi JD, Berger C, van den Bergh J, Eisman JA, Geusens P, Goltzman D, Hanley DA, Josse RG, Kaiser S, Kovacs CS, Langsetmo L, Prior JC, Nguyen TV, Center JR. Mortality risk reduction differs according to bisphosphonate class: a 15-year observational study. Osteoporos Int 2019; 30:817-828. [PMID: 30607457 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-018-4806-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED In this prospective cohort of 6120 participants aged 50+, nitrogen-bisphosphonates but not non-nitrogen bisphosphonates were associated with a significant 34% mortality risk reduction compared to non-treated propensity score matched controls. These findings open new avenues for research into mechanistic pathways. INTRODUCTION Emerging evidence suggests that bisphosphonates (BP), first-line treatment of osteoporosis, are associated with reduced risks for all-cause mortality. This study aimed to determine the association between different BP types and mortality risk in participants with or without a fracture. METHODS A prospective cohort study of users of different BPs matched to non-users by propensity score (age, gender, co-morbidities, fragility fracture status) and time to starting the BP medication from the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study from nine Canadian centres followed from 1995 to 2013. Mortality risk for bisphosphonate users vs matched non-users was assessed using pairwise multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. RESULTS There were 2048 women and 308 men on BP and 1970 women and 1794 men who did not receive medication for osteoporosis. The relationship between BP and mortality risk was explored in three separate 1:1 propensity score-matched cohorts of BP users and no treatment (etidronate, n = 599, alendronate, n = 498, and risedronate n = 213). Nitrogen BP (n-BP) (alendronate and risedronate) was associated with lower mortality risks [pairwise HR, 0.66 (95% CI, 0.48-0.91)] while the less potent non-n-BP, etidronate, was not [pairwise HR: 0.89 (95% CI, 0.66-1.20)]. A direct comparison between n-BP and etidronate (n = 340 pairs) also suggested a better survival for n-BP [paired HR, 0.47 (95%CI, (95% CI, 031-0.70)] for n-BP vs. etidronate]. CONCLUSION Compared to no treatment, nitrogen but not non-nitrogen bisphosphonates appear to be associated with better survival.
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- D Bliuc
- Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
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- Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Maastricht University Medical Center, Research School CAPHRI, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- CaMos National Coordinating Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Research School Nutrim, Department of Internal Medicine, Subdivision of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Centre of Noord-Limburg, Venlo, The Netherlands
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- Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- School of Medicine Sydney, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, Australia
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- Maastricht University Medical Center, Research School CAPHRI, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Biomedical Research Institute, University Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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- School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Endocrinology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
- School of Biomedical Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Osteoporosis and Bone Biology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
- Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
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Improved survival after critical illness has led to recognition of impaired recovery following critical illness as a major public health problem. A consistent association between critical illness and accelerated bone loss has been described, including changes in bone turnover markers, bone mineral density, and fragility fracture rate. An association between accelerated bone turnover and increased mortality after critical illness is probable. Assessment of the effect of antifracture agents on fracture rate and mortality in the high-risk population of postmenopausal women with prolonged ventilation is warranted.
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- Neil R Orford
- University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Bellerine St, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM), Monash University, 553 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia; School of Medicine, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Rd, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia.
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- University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Bellerine St, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia; School of Medicine, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Rd, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM), Monash University, Wellington Rd, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; Department of Medicine, Melbourne Medical School-Western Campus, The University of Melbourne, McKechnie St, St Albans, VIC 3021, Australia
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- University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Bellerine St, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia; School of Medicine, Deakin University, 75 Pigdons Rd, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia; Department of Medicine, Melbourne Medical School-Western Campus, The University of Melbourne, McKechnie St, St Albans, VIC 3021, Australia
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Schwetz V, Schnedl C, Urbanic-Purkart T, Trummer C, Dimai HP, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Putz-Bankuti C, Christopher KB, Obermayer-Pietsch B, Pieber TR, Dobnig H, Amrein K. Effect of vitamin D3 on bone turnover markers in critical illness: post hoc analysis from the VITdAL-ICU study. Osteoporos Int 2017; 28:3347-3354. [PMID: 28842727 PMCID: PMC5684305 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-017-4190-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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UNLABELLED In this post hoc analysis of the VITdAL-ICU study, an RCT in critically ill adults with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels ≤20 ng/ml, vitamin D3 did not have a significant effect on β-Crosslaps and osteocalcin. INTRODUCTION Observational studies have shown accelerated bone loss in ICU survivors. A reversible contributor is vitamin D deficiency. In a post hoc analysis of the VITdAL-ICU study, we evaluated the effect of high-dose vitamin D3 on the bone turnover markers (BTM) β-Crosslaps (CTX) and osteocalcin (OC). METHODS The VITdAL-ICU study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in critically ill adults with 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels ≤20 ng/ml who received placebo or high-dose vitamin D3 (a loading dose of 540,000 IU and starting 1 month after the loading dose five monthly maintenance doses of 90,000 IU). In this analysis on 289 survivors (209 telephone, 80 personal follow-up visits), BTM were analyzed on days 0, 3, 7, 28, and 180; self-reported falls and fractures were assessed. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured after 6 months. RESULTS At baseline, CTX was elevated; OC was low in both groups-after 6 months, both had returned to normal. There were no differences between groups concerning BTM, BMD, falls, or fractures. In linear mixed effects models, CTX and OC showed a significant change over time (p < 0.001, respectively), but there was no difference between the vitamin D and placebo group (p = 0.688 and p = 0.972, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Vitamin D supplementation did not have a significant effect on BTM. Further studies should assess the effectiveness of vitamin D on musculoskeletal outcomes in ICU survivors.
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- V Schwetz
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Klinikum Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Carinthia, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Division of General Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, LKH Hörgas-Enzenbach, Gratwein-Straßengel, Styria, Austria
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- The Nathan E. Hellman Memorial Laboratory, Division of Renal Medicine, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria
- Schilddrüsen|Endokrinologie|Osteoporose, Institut Dobnig GmbH, Graz, Styria, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Styria, Austria.
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Rousseau AF, Cavalier E, Reginster JY, Damas P, Bruyère O. Occurrence of Clinical Bone Fracture Following a Prolonged Stay in Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Controlled Study. Calcif Tissue Int 2017; 101:465-472. [PMID: 28695239 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-017-0300-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Clinical consequences of critical illness and critical care (CC) on bone health remain largely unexplored. This retrospective study aimed to assess the number of new bone fractures (BF) following a prolonged length of stay (LOS) in intensive care unit (ICU). Adults admitted in our tertiary ICU during 2013 with a stay >7 days were included (CC group). Patients who died in ICU or lost to follow-up were excluded. For each CC patient still alive after 2 years of follow-up, 2 control patients, scheduled for surgery during 2013, were recruited and matched for gender and age. Basal fracture risk before admission was calculated using FRAX tool. General practitioners were phoned to check out new bone fracture (BF) during 2 years after admission. Of the 457 enrolled CC patients, 207 did not meet inclusion criteria and 72 died during FU (median age 72 [65-77] years). New BF occurred in 9 of the 178 patients still alive at the end of FU (5%). Median age of these patients was 64 [53-73] years. Fractured patients did not differ from non-fractured ones based on demographic and clinical characteristics, excepting for FRAX risks that were higher in fractured patients. In the control group, 327 patients were analyzed. Their rate of BF was 3.4% without statistical significance compared to the CC group. FRAX risks were similar in both groups. The risk of new BF in CC group, expressed as an odds ratio, was 50% higher than in the control group without achieving statistical significance (odds ratio 1.53; 95% confidence interval 0.62-3.77; p = 0.35). When comparing ICU survivors to patients who underwent uncomplicated surgery in the present preliminary study included limited cohorts, the fracture risk in the 2 years following prolonged ICU stay was not statistically higher. However, CC fractured patients had higher FRAX risks than non-fractured patients. Such screening could help to target prevention and appropriate treatment strategies.
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- Anne-Françoise Rousseau
- Burn Centre and General Intensive Care Department, University Hospital, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman B35, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
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- Clinical Chemistry Department, University Hospital, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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- Burn Centre and General Intensive Care Department, University Hospital, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman B35, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
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