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Nosaka N, Anzai T, Uchimido R, Mishima Y, Takahashi K, Wakabayashi K. An anthropometric evidence against the use of age-based estimation of bodyweight in pediatric patients admitted to intensive care units. Sci Rep 2023; 13:3574. [PMID: 36864218 PMCID: PMC9981604 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30566-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Age-based bodyweight estimation is commonly used in pediatric settings, but pediatric ICU patients often have preexisting comorbidity and resulting failure to thrive, hence their anthropometric measures may be small-for-age. Accordingly, age-based methods could overestimate bodyweight in such settings, resulting in iatrogenic complications. We performed a retrospective cohort study using pediatric data (aged < 16 years) registered in the Japanese Intensive Care Patient Database from April 2015 to March 2020. All the anthropometric data were overlaid on the growth charts. The estimation accuracy of 4 age-based and 2 height-based bodyweight estimations was evaluated by the Bland-Altman plot analysis and the proportion of estimates within 10% of the measured weight (ρ10%). We analyzed 6616 records. The distributions of both bodyweight and height were drifted to the lower values throughout the childhood while the distribution of BMI was similar to the general healthy children. The accuracy in bodyweight estimation with age-based formulae was inferior to that with height-based methods. These data demonstrated that the pediatric patients in the Japanese ICU were proportionally small-for-age, suggesting a special risk of using the conventional age-based estimation but supporting the use of height-based estimation of the bodyweight in the pediatric ICU.
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- Nobuyuki Nosaka
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Biostatistics, M&D Data Science Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, M&D Data Science Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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Goto T, Kudo D, Uchimido R, Hayakawa M, Yamakawa K, Abe T, Shiraishi A, Kushimoto S. Web-based application for predicting the potential target phenotype for recombinant human thrombomodulin therapy in patients with sepsis: analysis of three multicentre registries. Crit Care 2022; 26:145. [PMID: 35590381 PMCID: PMC9121613 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-022-04020-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
A recent randomised controlled trial failed to demonstrate a beneficial effect of recombinant human thrombomodulin (rhTM) on sepsis. However, there is still controversy in the effects of rhTM for sepsis due to the heterogeneity of the study population. We previously identified patients with a distinct phenotype that could be a potential target of rhTM therapy (rhTM target phenotype). However, for application in the clinical setting, a simple tool for determining this target is necessary. Thus, using three multicentre sepsis registries, we aimed to develop and validate a machine learning model for predicting presence of the target phenotype that we previously identified for targeted rhTM therapy. The predictors were platelet count, PT-INR, fibrinogen, fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products, and D-dimer. We also implemented the model as a web-based application. Two of the three registries were used for model development (n = 3694), and the remaining registry was used for validation (n = 1184). Approximately 8-9% of patients had the rhTM target phenotype in each cohort. In the validation, the C statistic of the developed model for predicting the rhTM target phenotype was 0.996 (95% CI 0.993-0.998), with a sensitivity of 0.991 and a specificity of 0.967. Among patients who were predicted to have the potential target phenotype (predicted target patients) in the validation cohort (n = 142), rhTM use was associated with a lower in-hospital mortality (adjusted risk difference, - 31.3% [- 53.5 to - 9.1%]). The developed model was able to accurately predict the rhTM target phenotype. The model, which is available as a web-based application, could profoundly benefit clinicians and researchers investigating the heterogeneity in the treatment effects of rhTM and its mechanisms.
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- Tadahiro Goto
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. .,TXP Medical Co. Ltd., 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan.,Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Osawa I, Goto T, Kudo D, Abe T, Hayakawa M, Shiraishi A, Uchimido R, Yamakawa K, Doi K, Kushimoto S. 1399: MACHINE LEARNING-BASED ESTIMATION OF POTENTIAL TARGETS OF POLYMYXIN-B HEMOPERFUSION USE FOR SEPSIS. Crit Care Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000811920.56089.f3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Masuda T, Nosaka N, Uchimido R, Nagashima M. Use of stylet and airway management procedure in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med 2021; 47:1497-1498. [PMID: 34245314 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-021-06476-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Takahiro Masuda
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8510, Japan
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Masuda T, Uchimido R, Nosaka N, Akiyama H, Kamisato A, Yoshida M. Concerns in Methodology for Self-Administered Questionnaire: Needs for Involvement of Social Scientists. Chest 2021; 160:e92-e93. [PMID: 34246404 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.02.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Takahiro Masuda
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Bioethics, the Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Life Science and Bioethics Research Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Endo H, Ohbe H, Kumasawa J, Uchino S, Hashimoto S, Aoki Y, Asaga T, Hashiba E, Hatakeyama J, Hayakawa K, Ichihara N, Irie H, Kawasaki T, Kurosawa H, Nakamura T, Okamoto H, Shigemitsu H, Takaki S, Takimoto K, Uchida M, Uchimido R, Miyata H. Conventional risk prediction models fail to accurately predict mortality risk among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in intensive care units: a difficult time to assess clinical severity and quality of care. J Intensive Care 2021; 9:42. [PMID: 34074343 PMCID: PMC8169380 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-021-00557-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it has remained unknown whether conventional risk prediction tools used in intensive care units are applicable to patients with COVID-19. Therefore, we assessed the performance of established risk prediction models using the Japanese Intensive Care database. Discrimination and calibration of the models were poor. Revised risk prediction models are needed to assess the clinical severity of COVID-19 patients and monitor healthcare quality in ICUs overwhelmed by patients with COVID-19.
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- Hideki Endo
- Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. .,Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sakai City Medical Center, 1-1-1 Ebaraji-cho, Nishi-ku, Sakai, Osaka, 593-8304, Japan
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- Intensive Care Unit, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-19-18 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan
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- Intensive Care Unit, Kagawa University Hospital, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan
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- Division of Intensive Care, Hirosaki University Hospital, 53 Honcho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8203, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, 2-5-1, Higashigaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8902, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Saitama Red Cross Hospital, 1-5 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama, 330-8553, Japan
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- Department of Healthcare Quality Assessment, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Miwa, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-8602, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care, Shizuoka Children's Hospital, 860 Urushiyama, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 420-8660, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, 1-6-7 Minatojima Minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke's International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Yokohama City University, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa, Chiba, 296-8602, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, 321-0293, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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Kondo Y, Fukuda T, Uchimido R, Kashiura M, Kato S, Sekiguchi H, Zamami Y, Hifumi T, Hayashida K. Advanced Life Support vs. Basic Life Support for Patients With Trauma in Prehospital Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:660367. [PMID: 33842515 PMCID: PMC8032986 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.660367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Advanced Life Support (ALS) is regarded to be associated with improved survival in pre-hospital trauma care when compared to Basic Life Support (BLS) irrespective of lack of evidence. The aim of this study is to ascertain ALS improves survival for trauma in prehospital settings when compared to BLS. Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for published controlled trials (CTs), and observational studies that were published until Aug 2017. The population of interest were adults (>18 years old) trauma patients who were transported by ground transportation and required resuscitation in prehospital settings. We compared outcomes between the ALS and BLS groups. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality and secondary outcomes were neurological outcome and time spent on scene. Results: We identified 2,502 studies from various databases and 10 studies were included in the analysis (two CTs, and eight observational studies). The outcomes were not statistically significant between the ALS and BLS groups (pooled OR 1.14; 95% CI 0.95 to 1.36 for mortality, pooled OR 1.12; 95% CI 0.88 to 1.42 for good neurological outcomes, pooled mean difference −0.96; 95% CI−6.64 to 4.72 for on-scene time) in CTs. In observational studies, ALS prolonged on-scene time and increased mortality (pooled OR 1.56; 95% CI: 1.31 to 1.86 for mortality, and pooled mean difference, 1.26; 95% CI: 0.07 to 2.45 for on-scene time). Conclusions: In prehospital settings, the present study showed no advantages of ALS on the outcomes in patients with trauma compared to BLS.
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- Yutaka Kondo
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Jichi Medical University Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Trauma and Critical Care Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Lukes International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, New York, NY, United States
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Kudo D, Goto T, Uchimido R, Hayakawa M, Yamakawa K, Abe T, Shiraishi A, Kushimoto S. Coagulation phenotypes in sepsis and effects of recombinant human thrombomodulin: an analysis of three multicentre observational studies. Crit Care 2021; 25:114. [PMID: 33741010 PMCID: PMC7978458 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03541-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Background A recent randomised trial showed that recombinant thrombomodulin did not benefit patients who had sepsis with coagulopathy and organ dysfunction. Several recent studies suggested presence of clinical phenotypes in patients with sepsis and heterogenous treatment effects across different sepsis phenotypes. We examined the latent phenotypes of sepsis with coagulopathy and the associations between thrombomodulin treatment and the 28-day and in-hospital mortality for each phenotype. Methods This was a secondary analysis of multicentre registries containing data on patients (aged ≥ 16 years) who were admitted to intensive care units for severe sepsis or septic shock in Japan. Three multicentre registries were divided into derivation (two registries) and validation (one registry) cohorts. Phenotypes were derived using k-means with coagulation markers, platelet counts, prothrombin time/international normalised ratios, fibrinogen, fibrinogen/fibrin-degradation-products (FDP), D-dimer, and antithrombin activities. Associations between thrombomodulin treatment and survival outcomes (28-day and in-hospital mortality) were assessed in the derived clusters using a generalised estimating equation. Results Four sepsis phenotypes were derived from 3694 patients in the derivation cohort. Cluster dA (n = 323) had severe coagulopathy with high FDP and D-dimer levels, severe organ dysfunction, and high mortality. Cluster dB had severe disease with moderate coagulopathy. Clusters dC and dD had moderate and mild disease with and without coagulopathy, respectively. Thrombomodulin was associated with a lower 28-day (adjusted risk difference [RD]: − 17.8% [95% CI − 28.7 to − 6.9%]) and in-hospital (adjusted RD: − 17.7% [95% CI − 27.6 to − 7.8%]) mortality only in cluster dA. Sepsis phenotypes were similar in the validation cohort, and thrombomodulin treatment was also associated with lower 28-day (RD: − 24.9% [95% CI − 49.1 to − 0.7%]) and in-hospital mortality (RD: − 30.9% [95% CI − 55.3 to − 6.6%]). Conclusions We identified four coagulation marker-based sepsis phenotypes. The treatment effects of thrombomodulin varied across sepsis phenotypes. This finding will facilitate future trials of thrombomodulin, in which a sepsis phenotype with high FDP and D-dimer can be targeted. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13054-021-03541-5.
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- Daisuke Kudo
- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan.
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- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Intensive Care Unit, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Medical Hospital, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita 14 Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, 569-8686, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, 1187-299 Kaname, Tsukuba, 300-2622, Japan.,Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, 305-8577, Japan
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- Emergency and Trauma Center, Kameda Medical Center, 929 Higashimachi, Kamogawa, 296-8602, Japan
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- Division of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan
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Shimada Y, Nakasone Y, Hirabayashi K, Sakuma T, Koike H, Oguchi T, Yamashita K, Uchimido R, Moriya T, Komatsu M, Aizawa T. Development of glomerular hyperfiltration, a multiphasic phenomenon. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2020; 319:F1037-F1041. [PMID: 33135477 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00305.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The trajectory of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in relation to glomerular hyperfiltration (GHF) has been unknown. It was evaluated retrospectively in 23,982 GHF-free health examinees who were followed for 2-10 yr (mean: 5.1 yr). GFR was estimated by the serum creatinine concentration, and GHF was defined as age- and sex-specific estimated GFR (eGFR) ≥ 95% of the Japanese general population. The temporal profile of eGFR was plotted in a GHF-centered way, which was fitted to a random coefficient linear mixed model. Of the 23,982 subjects, 797 and 23,185 subjects developed or did not develop GHF, respectively, so that they were termed as the GHF(+) and GHF(-) groups. At baseline, median eGFR was significantly elevated in the GHF(+) group compared with in the GHF(-) group: 94.1 versus 77.3 mL/min/1.73 m2 (P < 0.001). Elevation of basal eGFR lasted for a mean (SD) of 3.3 (1.9) yr in the GHF(+) group; mean eGFR then rose to the GHF range, which was 108.5 mL/min/1.73 m2. The eGFR decline after the peak was steeper in the GHF(+) group than in the GHF(-) group: -0.984 versus -0.497 mL/min/1.73 m2/yr (P < 0.001). Baseline eGFR, but no other variable, well predicted incident GHF, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.87 (95% confidence interval: 0.86-0.88). In conclusion, GHF occurs as a chronic, multiphasic phenomenon: initially with a sustained GFR elevation for years, followed by a GFR surge to the GHF range, which was accompanied by accelerated GFR declining.
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- Health Center, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Kidney Disease and Dialysis Center, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Health Care Center, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Diabetes Center, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan
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Ishii E, Ebner DK, Kimura S, Agha-Mir-Salim L, Uchimido R, Celi LA. The advent of medical artificial intelligence: lessons from the Japanese approach. J Intensive Care 2020; 8:35. [PMID: 32467762 PMCID: PMC7236126 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-020-00452-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Artificial intelligence or AI has been heralded as the most transformative technology in healthcare, including critical care medicine. Globally, healthcare specialists and health ministries are being pressured to create and implement a roadmap to incorporate applications of AI into care delivery. To date, the majority of Japan’s approach to AI has been anchored in industry, and the challenges that have occurred therein offer important lessons for nations developing new AI strategies. Notably, the demand for an AI-literate workforce has outpaced training programs and knowledge. This is particularly observable within medicine, where clinicians may be unfamiliar with the technology. National policy and private sector involvement have shown promise in developing both workforce and AI applications in healthcare. In combination with Japan’s unique national healthcare system and aggregable healthcare and socioeconomic data, Japan has a rich opportunity to lead in the field of medical AI.
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- Euma Ishii
- 1Department of Global Health Promotion, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1 Chome-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan.,2Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1 Chome-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan.,3Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E25-505, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
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- 4Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 222 Richmond St, Providence, RI 02906 USA
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- 5Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8558 Japan
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- 6Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ UK
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- 2Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1 Chome-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, 113-8510 Japan.,7Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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- 3Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E25-505, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.,7Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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Girkar U, Uchimido R, Lehman LWH, Szolovits P, Celi L, Weng WH. Abstract 448: Predicting Blood Pressure Response to Fluid Bolus Therapy Using Neural Networks with Clinical Interpretability. Circ Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1161/res.125.suppl_1.448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background:
Fluid bolus therapy (FBT), the rapid infusion of fluid, has been recommended as the primary-line treatment for acute hypotensive episode (AHE) that occurs in about 41% of patients in ICU. However, previous studies have reported that approximately one-third of the acute hypotensive patients do not successfully respond to FBT treatment. Avoiding the administration of FBT that will not successfully resolve AHE might prevent an inappropriate increase of the total fluid volume administered to ICU patients, potentially reducing their risk for severe organ dysfunction and increased mortality.
Methods:
Our study utilized regression models and attention-based recurrent neural network (RNN) algorithms and two large-scale information system databases, the multi-clinical MIMIC-ICU one and the multi-center Philips eICU CRD one, to predict the successful response to FBT among hypotensive patients in ICUs. We investigated both time-aggregated modeling and time-series modeling using RNN with the attention mechanism (AM) for clinical interpretability. The successful FBT is defined by intensive care experts as the presence of the maximum mean atrial pressure (MAP) > 1.15 * average (MAP) at least once, where maximum(MAP) is the maximal MAP from the FBT starting time to two hours after FBT, and average (MAP) is the average MAP from 30 minutes before FBT until 10 minutes after FBT.
Results:
The stacked RNN with AM yielded the highest accuracy of 0.852 and area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.925 when trained and tested on the MIMIC-ICU dataset. The top features learned from regression include the patient's respiratory rate, diastolic pressure, temperature, and bicarbonate and base excess levels in blood. Preliminary results from training and testing the RNN on the Philips eICU-CRD database yielded an accuracy of 0.812 and AUC value of 0.769. We were also able to identify timesteps close to the time of FBT administration as clinically meaningful using the RNN models with AM.
Conclusion:
This is the first study that utilizes machine learning for identifying hypotensive patients in ICUs who will have sufficient blood pressure recovery after FBT. Utilizing AM and identifying the top features learned also provided clinical interpretability to the models we used.
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Affiliation(s)
- Uma Girkar
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
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Hippensteel JA, Uchimido R, Tyler PD, Burke RC, Han X, Zhang F, McMurtry SA, Colbert JF, Lindsell CJ, Angus DC, Kellum JA, Yealy DM, Linhardt RJ, Shapiro NI, Schmidt EP. Intravenous fluid resuscitation is associated with septic endothelial glycocalyx degradation. Crit Care 2019; 23:259. [PMID: 31337421 PMCID: PMC6652002 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2534-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Intravenous fluids, an essential component of sepsis resuscitation, may paradoxically worsen outcomes by exacerbating endothelial injury. Preclinical models suggest that fluid resuscitation degrades the endothelial glycocalyx, a heparan sulfate-enriched structure necessary for vascular homeostasis. We hypothesized that endothelial glycocalyx degradation is associated with the volume of intravenous fluids administered during early sepsis resuscitation. METHODS We used mass spectrometry to measure plasma heparan sulfate (a highly sensitive and specific index of systemic endothelial glycocalyx degradation) after 6 h of intravenous fluids in 56 septic shock patients, at presentation and after 24 h of intravenous fluids in 100 sepsis patients, and in two groups of non-infected patients. We compared plasma heparan sulfate concentrations between sepsis and non-sepsis patients, as well as between sepsis survivors and sepsis non-survivors. We used multivariable linear regression to model the association between volume of intravenous fluids and changes in plasma heparan sulfate. RESULTS Consistent with previous studies, median plasma heparan sulfate was elevated in septic shock patients (118 [IQR, 113-341] ng/ml 6 h after presentation) compared to non-infected controls (61 [45-79] ng/ml), as well as in a second cohort of sepsis patients (283 [155-584] ng/ml) at emergency department presentation) compared to controls (177 [144-262] ng/ml). In the larger sepsis cohort, heparan sulfate predicted in-hospital mortality. In both cohorts, multivariable linear regression adjusting for age and severity of illness demonstrated a significant association between volume of intravenous fluids administered during resuscitation and plasma heparan sulfate. In the second cohort, independent of disease severity and age, each 1 l of intravenous fluids administered was associated with a 200 ng/ml increase in circulating heparan sulfate (p = 0.006) at 24 h after enrollment. CONCLUSIONS Glycocalyx degradation occurs in sepsis and septic shock and is associated with in-hospital mortality. The volume of intravenous fluids administered during sepsis resuscitation is independently associated with the degree of glycocalyx degradation. These findings suggest a potential mechanism by which intravenous fluid resuscitation strategies may induce iatrogenic endothelial injury.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA. .,Department of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA.
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Uchimido R, Schmidt EP, Shapiro NI. The glycocalyx: a novel diagnostic and therapeutic target in sepsis. Crit Care 2019; 23:16. [PMID: 30654825 PMCID: PMC6337861 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-018-2292-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
The glycocalyx is a gel-like layer covering the luminal surface of vascular endothelial cells. It is comprised of membrane-attached proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycan chains, glycoproteins, and adherent plasma proteins. The glycocalyx maintains homeostasis of the vasculature, including controlling vascular permeability and microvascular tone, preventing microvascular thrombosis, and regulating leukocyte adhesion.During sepsis, the glycocalyx is degraded via inflammatory mechanisms such as metalloproteinases, heparanase, and hyaluronidase. These sheddases are activated by reactive oxygen species and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-1beta. Inflammation-mediated glycocalyx degradation leads to vascular hyper-permeability, unregulated vasodilation, microvessel thrombosis, and augmented leukocyte adhesion. Clinical studies have demonstrated the correlation between blood levels of glycocalyx components with organ dysfunction, severity, and mortality in sepsis.Fluid resuscitation therapy is an essential part of sepsis treatment, but overaggressive fluid therapy practices (leading to hypervolemia) may augment glycocalyx degradation. Conversely, fresh frozen plasma and albumin administration may attenuate glycocalyx degradation. The beneficial and harmful effects of fluid and plasma infusion on glycocalyx integrity in sepsis are not well understood; future studies are warranted.In this review, we first analyze the underlying mechanisms of glycocalyx degradation in sepsis. Second, we demonstrate how the blood and urine levels of glycocalyx components are associated with patient outcomes. Third, we show beneficial and harmful effects of fluid therapy on the glycocalyx status during sepsis. Finally, we address the concept of glycocalyx degradation as a therapeutic target.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ryo Uchimido
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 13001 E 17th Pl, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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Mochizuki K, Mori K, Nakamura Y, Uchimido R, Kamijo H, Takeshige K, Nitta K, Imamura H. Early Changes in the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score Among Patients With Sepsis-Induced Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2018; 24:332S-339S. [PMID: 30486666 PMCID: PMC6714847 DOI: 10.1177/1076029618814346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
It is unclear whether initial infection control or anticoagulant therapy exerts a greater
effect on early changes in the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score among
patients with sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). This
retrospective propensity score cohort study aimed to evaluate whether adequacy of
infection control or anticoagulation therapy had a greater effect on early changes in the
SOFA scores among 52 patients with sepsis-induced DIC. Inadequate initial infection
control was associated with a lower 28-day survival rate among patients with
sepsis-induced DIC (odds ratio [OR]: 0.116, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.022-0.601;
P = .010); however, the adequacy was not associated with an early
improvement in the SOFA score. However, despite adjusting for inadequate initial infection
control, administration of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin was associated with an
early improvement in the SOFA score (OR: 5.058, 95% CI: 1.047-24.450; P =
.044). Therefore, early changes in the SOFA score within 48 hours after the DIC diagnosis
were more strongly affected by the administration of recombinant human soluble
thrombomodulin than the adequacy of initial infection control.
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- Katsunori Mochizuki
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Kondo Y, Fukuda T, Uchimido R, Hifumi T, Hayashida K. Effects of advanced life support versus basic life support on the mortality rates of patients with trauma in prehospital settings: a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e016912. [PMID: 29061611 PMCID: PMC5665251 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Advanced life support (ALS) is thought to be associated with improved survival in prehospital trauma care when compared with basic life support (BLS). However, evidence on the benefits of prehospital ALS for patients with trauma is controversial. Therefore, we aim to clarify if ALS improves mortality in patients with trauma when compared with BLS by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of the recent literature. METHODS AND ANALYSIS We will perform searches in PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for published observational studies, controlled before-and-after studies, randomised controlled trials and other controlled trials conducted in humans and published until March 2017. We will screen search results, assess study selection, extract data and assess the risk of bias in duplicate; disagreements will be resolved through discussions. Data from clinically homogeneous studies will be pooled using a random-effects meta-analysis, heterogeneity of effects will be assessed using the χ2 test of homogeneity, and any observed heterogeneity will be quantified using the I2 statistic. Last, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach will be used to rate the quality of the evidence. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Our study does not require ethical approval as it is based on findings of previously published articles. Results will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal, presentations at relevant conferences and publications for patient information. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER PROSPERO (International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews) registration number CRD42017054389.
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- Yutaka Kondo
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Mie Prefectural Shima Hospital, Mie, Japan
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- Emergency Medical Center, Kagawa University Hospital, Kagawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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Norisue Y, Tokuda Y, Juarez M, Uchimido R, Fujitani S, Stoeckel DA. Combined cumulative sum (CUSUM) and chronological environmental analysis as a tool to improve the learning environment for linear-probe endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) trainees: a pilot study. BMC Pulm Med 2017; 17:32. [PMID: 28173778 PMCID: PMC5297141 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-017-0375-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis can be used to continuously monitor the performance of an individual or process and detect deviations from a preset or standard level of achievement. However, no previous study has evaluated the utility of CUSUM analysis in facilitating timely environmental assessment and interventions to improve performance of linear-probe endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA). The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of combined CUSUM and chronological environmental analysis as a tool to improve the learning environment for EBUS-TBNA trainees. Methods This study was an observational chart review. To determine if performance was acceptable, CUSUM analysis was used to track procedural outcomes of trainees in EBUS-TBNA. To investigate chronological changes in the learning environment, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to compare several indices before and after time points when significant changes occurred in proficiency. Results Presence of an additional attending bronchoscopist was inversely associated with nonproficiency (odds ratio, 0.117; 95% confidence interval, 0–0.749; P = 0.019). Other factors, including presence of an on-site cytopathologist and dose of sedatives used, were not significantly associated with duration of nonproficiency. Conclusions Combined CUSUM and chronological environmental analysis may be useful in hastening interventions that improve performance of EBUS-TBNA.
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- Yasuhiro Norisue
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Bay Urayasu-Ichikawa Medical Center, 3-4-32 Toudaijima, Urayasushi, Chiba, 279-0001, Japan.
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- Japan Community Healthcare Organization, 3-22-12, Takanawa, Tokyo, 108-0074, Japan
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- Mercy Hospital, 1235 E Cherokee St, Springfield, MO, 65804, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Marianna University Hospital, 2-16-1, Miyamae, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Saint Louis University, 1402S. Grand Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63104-1004, USA
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