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Picetti E, Iaccarino C, Coimbra R, Abu-Zidan F, Tebala GD, Balogh ZJ, Biffl WL, Coccolini F, Gupta D, Maier RV, Marzi I, Robba C, Sartelli M, Servadei F, Stahel PF, Taccone FS, Unterberg AW, Antonini MV, Galante JM, Ansaloni L, Kirkpatrick AW, Rizoli S, Leppaniemi A, Chiara O, De Simone B, Chirica M, Shelat VG, Fraga GP, Ceresoli M, Cattani L, Minardi F, Tan E, Wani I, Petranca M, Domenichelli F, Cui Y, Malchiodi L, Sani E, Litvin A, Hecker A, Montanaro V, Beka SG, Di Saverio S, Rossi S, Catena F. The acute phase management of spinal cord injury affecting polytrauma patients: the ASAP study. World J Emerg Surg 2022; 17:20. [PMID: 35468806 PMCID: PMC9036814 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-022-00422-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Few data on the management of acute phase of traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI) in patients suffering polytrauma are available. As the therapeutic choices in the first hours may have a deep impact on outcome of tSCI patients, we conducted an international survey investigating this topic. METHODS The survey was composed of 29 items. The main endpoints of the survey were to examine: (1) the hemodynamic and respiratory management, (2) the coagulation management, (3) the timing of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spinal surgery, (4) the use of corticosteroid therapy, (5) the role of intraspinal pressure (ISP)/spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP) monitoring and (6) the utilization of therapeutic hypothermia. RESULTS There were 171 respondents from 139 centers worldwide. A target mean arterial pressure (MAP) target of 80-90 mmHg was chosen in almost half of the cases [n = 84 (49.1%)]. A temporary reduction in the target MAP, for the time strictly necessary to achieve bleeding control in polytrauma, was accepted by most respondents [n = 100 (58.5%)]. Sixty-one respondents (35.7%) considered acceptable a hemoglobin (Hb) level of 7 g/dl in tSCI polytraumatized patients. An arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) of 80-100 mmHg [n = 94 (55%)] and an arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) of 35-40 mmHg [n = 130 (76%)] were chosen in most cases. A little more than half of respondents considered safe a platelet (PLT) count > 100.000/mm3 [n = 99 (57.9%)] and prothrombin time (PT)/activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) < 1.5 times the normal control [n = 85 (49.7%)] in patients needing spinal surgery. MRI [n = 160 (93.6%)] and spinal surgery [n = 158 (92.4%)] should be performed after intracranial, hemodynamic, and respiratory stabilization by most respondents. Corticosteroids [n = 103 (60.2%)], ISP/SCPP monitoring [n = 148 (86.5%)], and therapeutic hypothermia [n = 137 (80%)] were not utilized by most respondents. CONCLUSIONS Our survey has shown a great worldwide variability in clinical practices for acute phase management of tSCI patients with polytrauma. These findings can be helpful to define future research in order to optimize the care of patients suffering tSCI.
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Affiliation(s)
- Edoardo Picetti
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Italy
| | - Raul Coimbra
- Comparative Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes Research Center, Riverside University Health System Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA, USA
- Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA
| | - Fikri Abu-Zidan
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
| | - Giovanni D Tebala
- Department of General Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, UK
| | - Zsolt J Balogh
- Department of Traumatology, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Discipline of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
| | - Walter L Biffl
- Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt Am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
| | - Chiara Robba
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genova, Italy
- Dipartimento Di Scienze Chirurgiche Diagnostiche Integrate, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy
| | - Franco Servadei
- Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
| | - Philip F Stahel
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, CO, USA
- The Medical Center of Aurora, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Fabio S Taccone
- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- ECMO Team, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- General, Acute Care, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
| | - Sandro Rizoli
- Surgery Department, Section of Trauma Surgery, Hamad General Hospital (HGH), Doha, Qatar
| | - Ari Leppaniemi
- Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Osvaldo Chiara
- General Surgery and Trauma Team, ASST Niguarda Milano, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
| | - Belinda De Simone
- Department of General and Metabolic Surgery, Poissy and Saint-Germain-en-Laye Hospitals, Poissy, France
| | - Mircea Chirica
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, La Tronche, France
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- Department of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Surgery Department, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Unicamp Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- General Surgery Department, School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
| | - Francesco Minardi
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Minimal Access and General Surgery, Government Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Nankai Clinical School of Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Disciplines, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Regional Clinical Hospital, Kaliningrad, Russia
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- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
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- Department of General Surgery, Ospedale Civile "Madonna del Soccorso", San Benedetto del Tronto, AP, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Parma University Hospital, Via Gramsci 14, 43100, Parma, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Surgery, "M. Bufalini" Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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