scholarly journals APHACHE Score as a Predictive Indices for Weanability from Mechanical Ventilation

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Sayedul Islam

Objective: To determine the significance of acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) score as an important parameter of weaning outcome for mechanical ventilation. Design: prospective, observational. Setting: The medical ICU of a modernized private hospital, Dhaka. Method: The study was carried out during the period of 2008 to 2009 in a specialized private hospital Dhaka. Critical care physicians were asked to filled up the data sheets having detail problem of the patients including the APACHE II score. The APACHE II score is divided into three steps High score>25, Medium score 20-24 and Low score < 20. The clinicians were suggested to predict whether it would take < 3 days or 4to 7days or >8days to wean each patients from mechanical ventilation. The cause of respiratory failure and total duration of weaning were recorded. The significance was set at p<.05. Result: Total number of patients included in this study were 40. Male were 22 (55%) and female were 18 (45%), the mean age of the patients were 51.1±13.9. The most common cause of respiratory failure were COPD 11(24.5%) and next common were pneumonia and ARDS due to sepsis 8 (20%) each. Among the studied population 20 (50%) having low APACHE score (<20), 12 (30%) were medium score (20-24) and 8 (20%) patients were high score (>25). Total 25 (62.5%) of the patients were successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation, 10 (25%) of the patient died and 5 (12.5%) of the patent were shifted to other low cost hospital. The successfully weaned groups 17 (68%) had lower APACHE II score than the unsuccessfully (failure) group which were statistically significant ÷2 =.8546, df =2, p-value >.005. Conclusions: The overall severity of illness as assessed by APACHE II score correlates better with weaning outcome. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v1i1.14360 Bangladesh Crit Care J March 2013; 1: 18-22

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rojek-Jarmuła ◽  
Rainer Hombach ◽  
Łukasz J Krzych

At least 5% of all intensive care unit patients require prolonged respiratory support. Multiple factors have been suggested as possible predictors of successful respiratory weaning so far. We sought to verify whether the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) can predict freedom from prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in patients treated in a regional weaning centre. The study group comprised 130 consecutive patients (age; median (interquartile range): 71 (62–77) years), hospitalized between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2013. APACHE II score was assessed based on the worst values taken during the first 24 hours after admission. Glasgow coma scale was excluded from calculations due to the likely influence of sedative agents. The outcome was defined as freedom from mechanical ventilation, with or without tracheostomy on discharge. Among survivors ( n = 115), 88.2% were successfully liberated from mechanical ventilation and 60.9% from tracheostomy. APACHE II failed to predict freedom from mechanical ventilation (area under the receiver–operating characteristic curve [AUROC] = 0.534; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.439–0.628; p = 0.65) and tracheostomy tube removal (AUROC = 0.527; 95% CI: 0.431–0.621; p = 0.63). Weaning outcome was unrelated to the aetiology of respiratory failure on admission ( p = 0.41). APACHE II cannot predict weaning outcome in patients requiring PMV.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 856
Author(s):  
Himangsu Sarma ◽  
Ashwinikumar Kudari

Background: One of the most common intra-abdominal problems faced by general surgeons in their practice remains bowel obstruction. It is important to identify and analyse the clinical presentation and etiology of patients with acute intestinal obstruction. With its multiple etiologies, intestinal obstruction of either the small or large bowel continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality.Methods: An observational study was carried out at Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital, Bangalore between July 2016 and June 2019 involving 190 patients, after approval from Institutional ethics Committee. Predicted mortality rates were calculated using the APACHE II scoring system by linear analysis method. It was then compared with the actual outcomes. Univariate and multivariate analysis was carried to analyze the collected data.Results: The commonest cause in this study was postoperative adhesions [82 patients (43.2%)]. Frequency of mortality in our study was 7.9%. ROC curve analysis to predict the mortality using APACHE score showed sensitivity (80%), specificity (81.14%) and AUROC=0.796. P value was <0.001 which is highly significant. A positive correlation was found between deaths and complications with higher APACHE scores.Conclusions: Successful treatment of acute intestinal obstruction depends upon early diagnosis, skilful management and treating the pathological effects of the obstruction just as much as the cause itself. The APACHE II score allows for direct comparison between the observed and expected adverse outcome rates. They can also be used to determine prognosis and help family members make informed decisions about the aggressiveness of care.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Misset ◽  
Eric Hoste ◽  
Anne-Françoise Donneau ◽  
David Grimaldi ◽  
Geert Meyfroidt ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic reached Europe in early 2020. Convalescent plasma is used without a consistent evidence of efficacy. Our hypothesis is that passive immunization with plasma collected from patients having contracted COVID-19 and developed specific neutralizing antibodies may alleviate symptoms and reduce mortality in patients treated with mechanical ventilation for severe respiratory failure during the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Methods We plan to include 500 adult patients, hospitalized in 16 Belgian intensive care units between September 2020 and 2022, diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, under mechanical ventilation for less than 5 days and a clinical frailty scale less than 6. The study treatment will be compared to standard of care and allocated by randomization in a 1 to 1 ratio without blinding. The main endpoint will be mortality at day 28. We will perform an intention to treat analysis. The number of patients to include is based on an expected mortality rate at day 28 of 40 percent and an expected relative reduction with study intervention of 30 percent with α risk of 5 percent and β risk of 20 percent. Discussion This study will assess the efficacy of plasma in the population of mechanically ventilated patients. A stratification on the delay from mechanical ventilation and inclusion will allow to approach the optimal time use. Selecting convalescent plasmas with a high titer of neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 will allow a homogeneous study treatment. The inclusion in the study is based on the consent of the patient or his/her legal representative, and the approval of the Investigational Review Board of the University hospital of Liège, Belgium. A data safety monitoring board (DSMB) has been implemented. Interim analyses have been planned at 100, 2002, 300 and 400 inclusions in order to decide whether the trail should be discontinued prematurely for ethical issues. We plan to publish our results in a peer-reviewed journal and to present them at national and international conferences. Funding and registration The trial is funded by the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Center KCE # COV201004 Trial registration Clinicaltrials.gov registration number NCT04558476. Registered 14 September 2020—Retrospectively registered, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04558476


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 339-344
Author(s):  
Abdul Halim Harahap ◽  
Franciscus Ginting ◽  
Lenni Evalena Sihotang

Introduction: Sepsis is a leading cause of death in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in developed countries and its incidence is increasing. Many scoring systems are used to assess the severity of disease in patients admitted to the ICU. SOFA score to assess the degree of organ dysfunction in septic patients. The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scoring system is most often used for patients admitted to the ICU. CCI scoring system to assess the effect of comorbid disease in critically ill patients on mortality. The study aimed to describe the characteristics of the use of scoring to predict patients’ mortality admitted to Haji Adam Malik Hospital. Methods: This is an observational study with a cross-sectional design. A total of 299 study subjects met the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria, three types of scoring, namely SOFA score, APACHE II score, and CCI score were used to assess the prognosis of septic patients. Data analysis was performed using SPSS. P-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A total of 252 people (84.3%) of sepsis patients died. The mean age of the septic patients who died was 54.25 years. The SOFA score ranged from 0-24, the median SOFA score in deceased sepsis patients was 5.0. The APACHE II score ranged from 0-71, the median APACHE II score in deceased sepsis patients was 23.0. The CCI score ranged from 0-37, the median CCI score in deceased sepsis patients was 5.0. Conclusion: Higher scores are associated with an increased probability of death in septic patients. Keywords: Sepsis; mortality predictor; SOFA score; APACHE II score, CCI score.


Author(s):  
Shyamal Dasgupta ◽  
Anindya Das ◽  
Anurag Mallick ◽  
Chiranjit Ghosh

Introduction: Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder affecting pregnancy after 20 weeks of gestation featured by hypertension and proteinuria. Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4) has been used for 24 hours following delivery to prevent eclampsia in patients with severe preeclampsia. Aim: To determine the need to continue magnesium sulphate therapy 8 hours following delivery. Materials and Methods: The double blinded randomised controlled study was performed in the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, from 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016. Total 90 patients with severe preeclampsia were randomised in two group. In group A MgSO4 was discontinued 8 hours following delivery (abbreviated group) and in the group B it was continued for 24 hours following delivery (traditional group). The primary objective of study was to determine the need to continue MgSO4 therapy 8 hours following delivery. Secondary objectives were monitoring time by doctors, nursing care time, postpartum ambulation time, duration of urinary catheterisation, minor complication like urinary tract infection, duration and total dose of MgSO4 therapy. In order to calculate statistical significance of the different variables in between two groups, Student’s independent sample’s t-test was used for normally distributed numerical values and Chi-square test or Fischer’s-exact test was used for unpaired proportion data. Results: In abbreviated group, the number of patients (n=1) who did not need to continue MgSO4 therapy beyond 8 hours following delivery as safety measures were statistically significant (p-value <0.0001) in comparison to traditional group. Total duration and dose of MgSO4 therapy were significantly less (p-value <0.0001) in the abbreviated group. There was statistically significant reduction in time from delivery to postpartum ambulation and duration of indwelling urinary catheter in the abbreviated group. Conclusion: The abbreviated (8 hours) regime of postpartum MgSO4 for seizure prophylaxis is a suitable alternative to the traditional (24 hours) regime.


Blood ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 32-32
Author(s):  
Maria Alejandra Pereda ◽  
Sindhoosha Malay ◽  
Jignesh Dalal

Introduction Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an effective treatment for malignant and non-malignant disorders and may be the only curative option for some diseases. Although overall outcomes of HSCT in pediatrics have improved HSCT is still associated with high morbidity and mortality. Toxicity following HSCT can virtually affect any organ and occur at different steps in the process. Early complications are to occur in the first 100 days post transplant. In this study we aimed to describe the frequency of early complications following HSCT and possible risk factors associated with increased ICU care and mortality. Methods With IRB approval, the Pediatric Health Information Systems (PHIS) database was queried to analyze information of all HSCT performed admitted between January 2001 and December 2019. The PHIS database is a comprehensive pediatric database that includes inpatient encounters for more than 52 children's hospitals. We extracted relevant ICD-9 and 10 diagnoses, procedure codes, and medications for each patient related to toxicities as outlined by the NCI. For Sinusoidal obstructive syndrome, graft failure and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome only ICD 10 code were reported. Clinical characteristics, demographics, procedures and medication of patients were presented using frequency and percentages for categorical variables with a Chi-square p-value (comparisons by ICU admission and Mortality). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was performed with 'discharge mortality' and 'ICU admission' as primary outcomes. P-value of less than 0.05 or absence of 1 in the 95% confidence intervals was considered statistically significant. All statistical analyses were performed using SAS software, version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) and R software, version 4.0.0. Results A total of 13,538 patients met primary inclusion criteria of HSCT. Of these 6,938 transplants (51.2%) were performed to treat a malignant condition. 95.4% of these transplants were allogeneic and most of them performed within 2011 to 2019 (63.4%). Adolescents and Young adults accounted for 18.3% of patients and 8% of all HSCT patients passed away. The most common conditioning regimen reported was Busulfan and Cyclophosphamide (21.04%) and the most used GVHD prophylaxis was Methotrexate and Tacrolimus (21.1%). Common complications reported were acute kidney injury (14%), respiratory failure (12.8%) and acute GVHD (10%). From the patients that developed respiratory failure 90.5% were in the ICU, 80.9% required Mechanical ventilation and 49.6% died. 239 patients developed sinusoidal obstructive syndrome with 67.4% requiring ICU and 20.5% mortality. Defibrotide was used in 60.3% of these patients. Table 1 and 2 describe our findings and statistically significant results for ICU admission and discharge mortality. Logistic regression and multivariate analysis showed increased ICU admission and discharge mortality in AYA patients (OR 1.36, CI 1.20-1.53, p&lt;.0001 and OR 1.29, CI 1.03-1.64, p&lt;0.03, respectively). From 2009 to 2019 there is an increased OR for ICU admission post HSCT but significant decreased in discharge mortality. Mechanical ventilation was the strongest predictor for ICU admission and discharge mortality (OR 44.81, CI = 37.19-53.99, p&lt;.0001 and OR 31.23, CI = 23.57 - 41.38, p&lt;.0001, respectively), followed by dialysis (OR 5.74, CI = 3.98-8.27, p&lt;.0001 and OR 5.82, CI = 4.62-7.32, p&lt;.0001). Patients diagnosed with sinusoidal obstructive syndrome had 3.2 times OR for ICU (CI = 2.29-4.57, p&lt;.0001) but decreased OR for mortality (OR 0.62, CI 0.39-0.98, p=0.038). SCID and Mucopolysaccharidosis patients had increased OR for ICU admission but not for discharge mortality. Conclusion To our knowledge this is the largest multicenter database analysis describing acute non-infectious complications of pediatric HSCT. Survival of HSCT patients that developed SOS have improved since 2016 which may be reflecting the introduction of Defibrotide. Mechanical ventilation was the strongest predictor for mortality with almost 30 times increased in odds ratio. Mucopolysaccharidosis and SCID showed increased need for ICU care but decreased mortality suggesting improvement in intensive care unit management. Prospective studies are needed to better describe outcomes of HSCT patients as well as areas of possible improvement to increase overall survival. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Moran ◽  
P. J. Solomon ◽  
P. J. Williams

The risk factors for time to mortality, censored at 30 days, of patients admitted to an adult teaching hospital ICU with haematological and solid malignancies were assessed in a retrospective cohort study. Patients, demographics and daily ICU patient data, from admission to day 8, were identified from a prospective computerized database and casenote review in consecutive admissions to ICU with haematological and solid tumours over a 10-year period (1989–99). The cohort, 108 ICU admissions in 89 patients was of mean age (±SD) 55±14 years; 43% were female. Patient diagnoses were leukaemia (35%), lymphoma (38%) and solid tumours (27%). Median time from hospital to ICU admission was five days (range 0–67). On ICU admission, 50% had septic shock and first day APACHE II score was 28±9. Forty-six per cent of patients were ventilated. ICU and 30-day mortality were 39% and 54% respectively. Multivariate Cox model predictors (P<0.05), using only ICU admission day data were: Charlson comorbidity index (CCI), time to ICU admission (days) and mechanical ventilation. For daily data (admission through day 8), predictors were: cohort effect (2nd vs 1st five-year period); CCI; time to ICU admission (days); APACHE II score and mechanical ventilation. Outcomes were considered appropriate for severity of illness and demonstrated improvement over time. Ventilation was an independent outcome determinant. Controlling for other factors, mortality has improved over time (1st vs 2nd five year period). Analysis restricted to admission data alone may be insensitive to particular covariate effects.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Andrei Karpov ◽  
Anish R. Mitra ◽  
Sarah Crowe ◽  
Gregory Haljan

Objective and Rationale. Prone positioning of nonintubated patients has prevented intubation and mechanical ventilation in patients with respiratory failure from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A number of patients in a recently published cohort have undergone postextubation prone positioning (PEPP) following liberation from prolonged mechanical ventilation in attempt to prevent reintubation. The objective of this study is to systematically search the literature for reports of PEPP as well as describe the feasibility and outcomes of PEPP in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure. Design. This is a retrospective case series describing the feasibility and tolerability of postextubation prone positioning (PEPP) and its impact on physiologic parameters in a tertiary intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Setting and Patients. This study was conducted on patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure hospitalized in a tertiary Intensive Care Unit at Surrey Memorial Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measurements and Results. We did not find prior reports of PEPP following prolonged intubation in the literature. Four patients underwent a total of 13 PEPP sessions following liberation from prolonged mechanical ventilation. Each patient underwent a median of 3 prone sessions (IQR: 2, 4.25) lasting a median of 1.5 hours (IQR: 1.2, 2.1). PEPP sessions were associated with a reduction in median oxygen requirements, patient respiratory rate, and reintubation rate. The sessions were well tolerated by patients, nursing, and the allied health team. Conclusions. The novel practice of PEPP after liberation from prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure is feasible and well tolerated, and may be associated with favourable clinical outcomes including improvement in oxygenation and respiratory rate and a low rate of reintubation. Larger prospective studies of PEPP are warranted.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujun Li ◽  
Xiaomei Huang ◽  
Yuyao Wang ◽  
Chuzhi Pan ◽  
Zexun Mo ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Extremely drug-resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii)has been of a great concern. The relationship between XDR and patient outcomes remains unclear. We investigated the clinical features, risk factors, and outcomes of Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)caused by XDR A. baumannii. Methods A multicenter retrospective case-control study was performed to determine factors associated with XDR A. baumannii pneumonia from 5 teaching hospitals in Guangzhou, China. Results 76 patients were enrolled in the study. XDR A. baumannii pneumonia patients were tend to be smoker (11.9% vs 3.9%, P = 0.130) and older (76.5±11.2 vs 70.3±16.4, P = 0.007) and had more comorbid diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (48.7% vs 21.1%, P = 0.001) and renal failure (21.1% vs 3.9%, P = 0.002) and had higher APACHE II score (65.8% vs 47.4%, P = 0.033). Invasive procedures including insertion of urinary catheter, nasogastric tube, central venous/arterial catheter, bronchoscopy and mechanical ventilation along with using β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor and carbapenem were also risk factors for XDR A. baumannii pneumonia. Multivariate analysis showed the APACHE II score >=20 (OR, 2.1; 95% CI: 1.1–4.1, P = 0.023), COPD (OR, 9.6; 95% CI: 2.0–45.5, P = 0.004), central venous/arterial catheter placement (OR,11.5; 95% CI: 1.1-117.8, P = 0.040), low albumin levels (OR, 1.2; 95% CI: 1.1-1.4, P = 0.001) and using β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor (OR,15.9; 95% CI: 2.7-94.2, P = 0.002) were independent risk factors for XDR A. baumannii pneumonia. Compared with the non-XDR A. baumannii patients, the XDR A. baumannii pneumonia increased length of mechanical ventilation (11.1±12.3 vs 5.1±5.6, P = 0.000), hospital stay (42.2±24.3 vs 34.8±18.0, P = 0.036) and ICU (Intensive Care Unit) stay (27.5±19.0 vs 20.0±20.5, P = 0.020), but it did not increase in-hospital mortality (47.4% vs 32.9%, P = 0.137). Conclusions XDR A. baumannii pneumonia was strongly related to systemic illnesses, invasive procedure, low albumin levels and the APACHE II score and increasing the length of mechanical ventilation and hospital stay. But it did not increase in-hospital mortality.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Etika Emaliyawati ◽  
Esti Dwi Anani ◽  
Ayu Prawesti

The weaning of mechanical ventilation is a complex process and depends on many factors. The failure to wean mechanical ventilation may lead to prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation, which may increase the risk of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), morbidity, mortality, increased hospital costs and lower quality of hospital services. In the year 2016, in ICU RSUD Prof.Dr.Margono Soekarjo Purwokerto, in average there is a 20% failure of mechanical ventilation, if not followed up will adversely affect the patient. Factors investigated in this study included patient, nurses, collaboration and organization. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect implementation of the weaning of mechanical ventilation in ICU Room Prof.Dr.Margono Soekarjo General Hospital Purwokerto.The method used in this research was descriptive quantitative analytic design with cross sectional approach on 47 mechanical ventilation weaning activities. The sample selection was conducted by accidental sampling technique. Measurements for nurses were carried out using validated values including knowledge, experience and collaboration. While the observation sheet included the implementation of standard operating procedures for mechanical ventilation weaning, collaboration, patients APACHE II score and weaning results.The result of bivariate test showed that there were influence of patient (0.000), nurse (0,021), collaboration (0,024) and organization (0,011) to mechanical ventilation weaning activity. The result of logistic regression test showed that the patient was the most influential factor on mechanical ventilation weaning activity with 87% probability.Nurses should pay more attention to patients especially with high APACHE II scores (≥20) because of the risk of mechanical ventilation weaning failure. Assessment of weaning readiness must be carried out daily with appropriate assessment. While hospitals need to revise policies on mechanical ventilation weaning procedure and continue education and training programme related to patients criticality and collaboration.


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