Publication: Association of Low Baseline Diaphragm Muscle Mass With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality Among Critically Ill Adults
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2020-02-05
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25743805
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JAMA network open. Vol.3, No.2 (2020), e1921520
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Michael C. Sklar, Martin Dres, Eddy Fan, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Damon C. Scales, Margaret S. Herridge, Nuttapol Rittayamai, Michael O. Harhay, W. Darlene Reid, George Tomlinson, Dmitry Rozenberg, William McClelland, Stephen Riegler, Arthur S. Slutsky, Laurent Brochard, Niall D. Ferguson, Ewan C. Goligher Association of Low Baseline Diaphragm Muscle Mass With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality Among Critically Ill Adults. JAMA network open. Vol.3, No.2 (2020), e1921520. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21520 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/53759
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Association of Low Baseline Diaphragm Muscle Mass With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality Among Critically Ill Adults
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Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto General Hospital
University of Toronto
Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière
University Health Network University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto General Hospital
University of Toronto
Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière
University Health Network University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Abstract
Importance: Low diaphragm muscle mass at the outset of mechanical ventilation may predispose critically ill patients to poor clinical outcomes. Objective: To determine whether lower baseline diaphragm thickness (Tdi) is associated with delayed liberation from mechanical ventilation and complications of acute respiratory failure (reintubation, tracheostomy, prolonged ventilation >14 days, or death in the hospital). Design, Setting, and Participants: Secondary analysis (July 2018 to June 2019) of a prospective cohort study (data collected May 2013 to January 2016). Participants were 193 critically ill adult patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation at 3 intensive care units in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Exposures: Diaphragm thickness was measured by ultrasonography within 36 hours of intubation and then daily. Patients were classified as having low or high diaphragm muscle mass according to the median baseline Tdi. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was time to liberation from ventilation accounting for the competing risk of death and adjusting for age, body mass index, severity of illness, sepsis, change in Tdi during ventilation, baseline comorbidity, and study center. Secondary outcomes included in-hospital death and complications of acute respiratory failure. Results: A total of 193 patients were available for analysis; the mean (SD) age was 60 (15) years, 73 (38%) were female, and the median (interquartile range) Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score was 10 (8-13). Median (interquartile range) baseline Tdi was 2.3 (2.0-2.7) mm. In the primary prespecified analysis, baseline Tdi of 2.3 mm or less was associated with delayed liberation from mechanical ventilation (adjusted hazard ratio for liberation, 0.51; 95% CI, 0.36-0.74). Lower baseline Tdi was associated a higher risk of complications of acute respiratory failure (adjusted odds ratio, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.20-2.61 per 0.5-mm decrement) and prolonged weaning (adjusted odds ratio, 2.30; 95% CI, 1.42-3.74). Lower baseline Tdi was also associated with a higher risk of in-hospital death (adjusted odds ratio, 1.47; 95% CI, 1.00-2.16 per 0.5-mm decrement), particularly after discharge from the intensive care unit (adjusted odds ratio, 2.68; 95% CI, 1.35-5.32 per 0.5-mm decrement). Conclusions and Relevance: In this study, low baseline diaphragm muscle mass in critically ill patients was associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation, complications of acute respiratory failure, and an increased risk of death in the hospital.