{"title":"Ulinastatin shortens the length of ICU stay in critical patients with organ failure: A 7-year real-world study.","authors":"Lixue Wu, Deduo Xu, Yanru Liu, Wenfang Li, Weiwei Jiang, Xia Tao, Jinyuan Zhang, Ze Yu, Fei Gao, Wansheng Chen, Zhaofen Lin, Yi Shan","doi":"10.1177/00368504241272696","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ulinastatin has been applied in a series of diseases associated with inflammation but its clinical effects remain somewhat elusive.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to investigate the potential effects of ulinastatin on organ failure patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a single-center retrospective study on organ failure patients from 2013 to 2019. Patients were divided into two groups according to using ulinastatin or not during hospitalization. Propensity score matching was applied to reduce bias. The outcomes of interest were 28-day all-cause mortality, length of ICU stay, and mechanical ventilation duration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 841 patients who fulfilled the entry criteria, 247 received ulinastatin. A propensity-matched cohort of 608 patients was created. No significant differences in 28-day mortality between the two groups. Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) was identified as the independent risk factor associated with mortality. In the subgroup with SOFA ≤ 10, patients received ulinastatin experienced significantly shorter time in ICU (10.0 d [interquartile range, IQR: 7.0∼20.0] vs 15.0 d [IQR: 7.0∼25.0]; <i>p </i>= .004) and on mechanical ventilation (222 h [IQR:114∼349] vs 251 h [IQR: 123∼499]; <i>P </i>= .01), but the 28-day mortality revealed no obvious difference (10.5% vs 9.4%; <i>p </i>= .74).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Ulinastatin was beneficial in treating patients in ICU with organ failure, mainly by reducing the length of ICU stay and duration of mechanical ventilation.</p>","PeriodicalId":56061,"journal":{"name":"Science Progress","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11325468/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Science Progress","FirstCategoryId":"103","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504241272696","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Ulinastatin has been applied in a series of diseases associated with inflammation but its clinical effects remain somewhat elusive.
Objective: We aimed to investigate the potential effects of ulinastatin on organ failure patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).
Methods: This is a single-center retrospective study on organ failure patients from 2013 to 2019. Patients were divided into two groups according to using ulinastatin or not during hospitalization. Propensity score matching was applied to reduce bias. The outcomes of interest were 28-day all-cause mortality, length of ICU stay, and mechanical ventilation duration.
Results: Of the 841 patients who fulfilled the entry criteria, 247 received ulinastatin. A propensity-matched cohort of 608 patients was created. No significant differences in 28-day mortality between the two groups. Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) was identified as the independent risk factor associated with mortality. In the subgroup with SOFA ≤ 10, patients received ulinastatin experienced significantly shorter time in ICU (10.0 d [interquartile range, IQR: 7.0∼20.0] vs 15.0 d [IQR: 7.0∼25.0]; p = .004) and on mechanical ventilation (222 h [IQR:114∼349] vs 251 h [IQR: 123∼499]; P = .01), but the 28-day mortality revealed no obvious difference (10.5% vs 9.4%; p = .74).
Conclusion: Ulinastatin was beneficial in treating patients in ICU with organ failure, mainly by reducing the length of ICU stay and duration of mechanical ventilation.
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Science Progress has for over 100 years been a highly regarded review publication in science, technology and medicine. Its objective is to excite the readers'' interest in areas with which they may not be fully familiar but which could facilitate their interest, or even activity, in a cognate field.