Pub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502207
José María Arribas-Leal , José Miguel Rivera-Caravaca , Claudia Vicente-Andreu , Alicia Verdú-Verdú , Ángel Sornichero , Daniel Pérez-Martínez , Juan Blanco-Morillo , Francisco Gutiérrez , Marina Simón-Páez , Rubén Jara , Sergio J. Canovas-Lopez , Carlos Albacete-Moreno
Objective
To analyze our experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design
Retrospective, observational, single center study.
Setting
Third-level hospital in Spain.
Patients
Adult patients with COVID-19 ARDS treated with an ECMO system in our center between March 2020 and March 2023.
Interventions
Retrospective collection of variables during hospital admission and follow-up.
Main Variables of Interest
Demographic variables, clinical history, variables related to ECMO therapy, COVID-19 wave number, in-hospital mortality, adverse events, ICU and hospital length of stay, and functional status at follow-up were collected.
Results
Eighty-one patients were included. Of these, 61 patients (75%) died during hospitalization. Patients who died were older and had more comorbidities. During the second, third, and sixth waves, mortality was higher. In the multivariate analysis, the only independent predictor of mortality was age (OR 1.24 95% CI (1.027–1.5, P = 0.025). After discharge, 40% of patients had difficulties returning to normal life due to respiratory failure requiring oxygen and arthropathies.
Conclusion
In-hospital mortality increased during the pandemic. Older age was the only independent predictor of mortality. After discharge, no deaths were recorded during the first 18 months of follow-up, although 40% of surviving patients had respiratory and motor sequelae making it difficult for them to return to a normal life.
目的分析2019冠状病毒病疫情期间体外膜氧合(ECMO)治疗急性呼吸窘迫综合征(ARDS)的经验。设计回顾性、观察性、单中心研究。西班牙三级医院。2020年3月至2023年3月期间,我们中心接受ECMO系统治疗的成年COVID-19 ARDS患者。干预措施:回顾性收集住院和随访期间的变量。收集人口学变量、临床病史、ECMO治疗相关变量、COVID-19波数、住院死亡率、不良事件、ICU和住院时间、随访时功能状态。结果共纳入81例患者。其中,61例(75%)患者在住院期间死亡。死亡的患者年龄较大,有更多的合并症。在第二次、第三次和第六次浪潮中,死亡率更高。在多变量分析中,死亡率的唯一独立预测因子是年龄(OR 1.24, 95% CI (1.027-1.5, P = 0.025)。出院后,40%的患者由于呼吸衰竭需要氧气和关节病变而难以恢复正常生活。结论流感大流行期间住院死亡率上升。年龄较大是死亡率的唯一独立预测因子。出院后,在前18个月的随访中没有死亡记录,尽管40%的存活患者有呼吸和运动后遗症,使他们难以恢复正常生活。
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Pub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502163
Elena Cuenca Fito , Inés Gómez-Acebo , Alejandro González Castro
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Pub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2024.502122
José Luis García-Garmendia , Josep Trenado-Álvarez , Federico Gordo-Vidal , Elena Gordillo-Escobar , Esther Martínez-Barrios , Fernando Onieva-Calero , Víctor Sagredo-Meneses , Emilio Rodríguez-Ruiz , Rafael Ángel Bohollo-de-Austria , José Moreno-Quintana , María Isabel Ruiz-García , José Garnacho-Montero
Objective
To determine the changes in intubation procedures of critically ill patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection induced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design
Secondary analysis of the INTUPROS prospective multicenter observational study on intubation in intensive care units (ICUs).
Setting
A numbre of 43 Spanish ICUs between April 2019 and October 2020.
Patients
A total of 1,515 non-COVID-19 patients intubated before and during the pandemic.
Interventions
None. Main variables of interest: Intubation procedures and medication, first-pass success rate, complications, and mortality.
Results
A total of 1,199 patients intubated before the pandemic and 316 during the pandemic were analyzed. During the pandemic, there were fewer days until intubation (OR 0.95; 95% CI: 0.92-0.98), reduced resuscitation bag (OR 0.43; 95% CI: 0.29-0.63) and non-invasive ventilation oxygenation (OR 0.51; 95% CI: 0.34-0.76), reduced use of capnography (OR 0.55; 95% CI: 0.33-0.92) and fentanyl (OR 0.47; 95% CI: 0.34-0.63). On the other hand, there was an increase in oxygenation with non-HFNC devices (OR 2.21; 95% CI: 1.23-3.96), in use of videolaryngoscopy on the first-pass (OR 2.74; 95% CI: 1.76-4.24), and greater use of midazolam (OR 1.95; 95% CI: 1.39-2.72), etomidate (OR 1.78; 95% CI: 1.28-2.47) and succinylcholine (OR 2.55; 95% CI: 1.82-3.58). The first-pass success was higher (68.5% vs. 74.7%; P = 0.033). There were no pre-post differences in major complications (34.7% vs. 34.8%; P = 0.970) and in-hospital mortality (42.7% vs. 38.6%; P = 0.137).
Conclusions
The COVID-19 pandemic modified intubation procedures in non-COVID-19 patients, changing the oxygenation strategy, the medication and the use of videolaryngoscopy, with no impact on complications or mortality.
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{"title":"Complicación del shock cardiogénico y uso de la ecografía","authors":"Julia Macías Clemente , Nora Palomo López , Gerardo Ferrigno Bonilla","doi":"10.1016/j.medin.2025.502150","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.medin.2025.502150","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49268,"journal":{"name":"Medicina Intensiva","volume":"49 8","pages":"Article 502150"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502204
Ramón Pérez-Gil , Gonzalo Ballesteros-Reviriego
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Pub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2025.502161
Jorge Bartual Bardisa, Carolina Vizcaíno Díaz, María Jesús Ferrández Berenguer
Objective
To compare the early administration of surfactant, before 12 hours of life, versus late, in late preterm neonates (born between 34 + 0 and 36 + 6 weeks of gestation), with moderate-severe respiratory distress.
Design
Retrospective, observational, analytical, case-control study, with late preterm infants admitted between 2012-2021. It is divided into 2 groups: surfactant administered ≤ 12 hours of life and >12 h and evolution is compared using univariate analysis.
Setting
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) level III of a Universitary Hospital.
Patients or participants
57 patients, 30 in the early group and 27 in the late group. Inclusion criteria: neonates from 34 + 0 to 36 + 6 weeks of gestation, with respiratory distress syndrome, in need of non-invasive ventilation and surfactant.
Interventions
None.
Main variables of interest
Sociodemographic, clinical and evolutionary: redosing, duration of respiratory support, oxygen and time to stop requiring it after surfactant. Also, complications and length of hospitalization.
Results
In the early group there was less need for redosing (3.3% vs 48.1%, P<.001) and a decrease in duration, in days, of stay in the NICU (7 vs 10.5, P .002), invasive mechanical ventilation (2.4 vs 3.9, p0.034), total respiratory support (4.6 vs 6.6, P0.005) and oxygen therapy (0.4 vs 2.8, P<.001). Also, lower incidence of pneumothorax (0% vs 33.3%, P .001). Furthermore, 12 hours after administration, 83.4% maintained FiO2 0.21, compared to 44.4% in the late administration.
Conclusions
In our study, early administration in late preterm infants provides benefits in terms of respiratory assistance and complications. We suggest expanding studies to establish recommendations in this group of patients.
目的比较中重度呼吸窘迫晚期早产儿(妊娠34 + 0 ~ 36 + 6周)12小时前早期给药与晚期给药的效果。设计回顾性、观察性、分析性、病例对照研究,纳入2012-2021年间入院的晚期早产儿。将其分为两组:给予表面活性剂≤12 h和≤12 h,并采用单变量分析比较其演变。某大学医院新生儿重症监护病房(NICU)三级。患者或参与者:57例患者,早期组30例,晚期组27例。纳入标准:妊娠34 + 0 ~ 36 + 6周,伴有呼吸窘迫综合征,需要无创通气和表面活性剂的新生儿。干预措施1 .主要感兴趣的变量:社会人口学、临床和进化:再给药、呼吸支持持续时间、氧气和表面活性剂后停止需要的时间。还有并发症和住院时间。结果早期组患儿需要重新给药的次数较少(3.3% vs 48.1%, P < 0.001),在NICU的住院天数(7 vs 10.5, P < 0.001)、有创机械通气(2.4 vs 3.9, P < 0.034)、全呼吸支持(4.6 vs 6.6, P < 0.005)和氧治疗(0.4 vs 2.8, P < 0.001)均有所减少。此外,气胸发生率较低(0% vs 33.3%, P .001)。给药12 h后,83.4%的患者FiO2维持在0.21,而给药后期为44.4%。结论在我们的研究中,早期给药对晚期早产儿的呼吸辅助和并发症有好处。我们建议扩大研究,在这组患者中建立推荐。
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Pub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2024.502130
Rashmi Datta , Shalendra Singh
The host and microbes play complex roles in balancing the pro- and anti-inflammatory pathways that cause sepsis. It is now increasingly recognized as a disorder of the mitochondrial system intrinsically or as a consequence of microcirculatory abnormalities leading to hypoperfusion/hypoxia ("microcirculatory and mitochondrial distress syndrome”). It is expected that improvements in endothelium or mitochondrial level therapy will lower sepsis-related morbidity and mortality. This article aimed to clarify the mitochondrial and microcirculation abnormalities in patients with sepsis and the futuristic research agenda for the management of sepsis.
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