Usefulness of lung ultrasound for early detection of hospital-acquired pneumonia in cardiac critically ill patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Color Doppler intrapulmonary flow Doppler color lung ultrasound Dynamic air bronchogram Hospital-acquired pneumonia Intensive care unit Lung ultrasound Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Journal

Annals of intensive care
ISSN: 2110-5820
Titre abrégé: Ann Intensive Care
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101562873

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 May 2022
Historique:
received: 13 01 2022
accepted: 21 04 2022
entrez: 21 5 2022
pubmed: 22 5 2022
medline: 22 5 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the most common and severe complication in patients treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) and its diagnosis remains challenging. Nothing is known about the usefulness of lung ultrasound (LUS) in early detection of HAP in patients treated with VA ECMO. Also, LUS and chest radiography were performed when HAP was suspected in cardiac critically ill adult VA ECMO presenting with acute respiratory failure. The sonographic features of HAP in VA ECMO patients were determined and we assessed the performance of the lung ultrasound simplified clinical pulmonary score (LUS-sCPIS), the sCPIS and bioclinical parameters or chest radiography alone for early diagnosis of HAP. We included 70 patients, of which 44 (63%) were independently diagnosed with HAP. LUS examination revealed that color Doppler intrapulmonary flow (P = 0.0000043) and dynamic air bronchogram (P = 0.00024) were the most frequent HAP-related signs. The LUS-sCPIS (area under the curve = 0.77) yielded significantly better results than the sCPIS (area under the curve = 0.65; P = 0.004), while leukocyte count, temperature and chest radiography were not discriminating for HAP diagnosis. Diagnosis of HAP is a daily challenge for the clinician managing patients on venoarterial ECMO. Lung ultrasound can be a valuable tool as the initial imaging modality for the diagnosis of pneumonia. Color Doppler intrapulmonary flow and dynamic air bronchogram appear to be particularly insightful for the diagnosis of HAP.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the most common and severe complication in patients treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) and its diagnosis remains challenging. Nothing is known about the usefulness of lung ultrasound (LUS) in early detection of HAP in patients treated with VA ECMO. Also, LUS and chest radiography were performed when HAP was suspected in cardiac critically ill adult VA ECMO presenting with acute respiratory failure. The sonographic features of HAP in VA ECMO patients were determined and we assessed the performance of the lung ultrasound simplified clinical pulmonary score (LUS-sCPIS), the sCPIS and bioclinical parameters or chest radiography alone for early diagnosis of HAP.
RESULTS RESULTS
We included 70 patients, of which 44 (63%) were independently diagnosed with HAP. LUS examination revealed that color Doppler intrapulmonary flow (P = 0.0000043) and dynamic air bronchogram (P = 0.00024) were the most frequent HAP-related signs. The LUS-sCPIS (area under the curve = 0.77) yielded significantly better results than the sCPIS (area under the curve = 0.65; P = 0.004), while leukocyte count, temperature and chest radiography were not discriminating for HAP diagnosis.
DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS
Diagnosis of HAP is a daily challenge for the clinician managing patients on venoarterial ECMO. Lung ultrasound can be a valuable tool as the initial imaging modality for the diagnosis of pneumonia. Color Doppler intrapulmonary flow and dynamic air bronchogram appear to be particularly insightful for the diagnosis of HAP.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35596817
doi: 10.1186/s13613-022-01013-9
pii: 10.1186/s13613-022-01013-9
pmc: PMC9124275
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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43

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Jean Pasqueron (J)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.

Pauline Dureau (P)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.

Gauthier Arcile (G)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.

Baptiste Duceau (B)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.

Geoffroy Hariri (G)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.

Victoria Lepère (V)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.

Guillaume Lebreton (G)

Sorbonne Université, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.

Jean-Jacques Rouby (JJ)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.

Adrien Bouglé (A)

Sorbonne Université, GRC 29, AP-HP, DMU DREAM, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Institute of Cardiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France. adrien.bougle@aphp.fr.

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