Five years follow-up of Juvenile lupus nephritis: a single-center retrospective cohort study

This is a retrospective cohort study using notification data in South Korea. We evaluated the nationwide status, regional differences, and the determinants of treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients. Treatment success rate improved from 77.0% in 2012 to 86.0% in 2015. The lost to follow-up rate was higher among older people, males, and foreign nationals. Health care facilities designated for the Public-Private Mix (PPM) project showed higher success rate and lower rate of lost to follow-up. Moreover, municipalities with low regional deprivation index had higher PPM project coverage. Since there is a large regional difference in the coverage of the PPM project, an additional community-based support program should be implemented, especially for tuberculosis patients residing in region with low PPM project coverage.

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Predictors of Successful Weaning from Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study

Lung ◽

10.1007/s00408-021-00469-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jie Yu ◽

Meng-Rui Lee ◽

Chung-Ting Chen ◽

Yi-Tsung Lin ◽

Chorng-Kuang How

Keyword(s):

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Acute Exacerbation ◽

Noninvasive Ventilation ◽

Retrospective Cohort Study ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Chronic Obstructive ◽

Single Center ◽

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Successful Weaning

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The effects of propofol on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation oxygenator exchange

The International Journal of Artificial Organs ◽

10.1177/03913988211016007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 039139882110160

Author(s):

Kelsey L Browder ◽

Ayesha Ather ◽

Komal A Pandya

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation ◽

Cumulative Dose ◽

Retrospective Cohort Study ◽

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Primary Outcome ◽

Ecmo Support ◽

Single Center ◽

Membrane Oxygenation ◽

Vv Ecmo

The objective of this study was to determine if propofol administration to veno-venous (VV) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients was associated with more incidents of oxygenator failure when compared to patients who did not receive propofol. This was a single center, retrospective cohort study. The primary outcome of the study is oxygenator exchanges per ECMO day in patients who received propofol versus those who did not receive propofol. Patients were 18 years or older on VV-ECMO support between January 1, 2015 and January 31, 2018. Patients were excluded if they required ECMO support for less than 48 h or greater than 21 days. There were five patients in the propofol arm that required oxygenator exchanges and seven patients in the control arm. The total number of oxygenator exchanges per ECMO day was not significantly different between groups ( p = 0.50). When comparing those who required an oxygenator exchange and those who did not, there was no difference in the cumulative dose of propofol received per ECMO hour (0.64 mg/kg/h vs 0.96 mg/kg/h; p = 0.16). Propofol use in patients on VV-ECMO does not appear to increase the number of oxygenator exchanges.

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