Early pneumonia diagnosis decreases ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in trauma population.
Journal
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
ISSN: 2163-0763
Titre abrégé: J Trauma Acute Care Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101570622
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 01 2023
01 01 2023
Historique:
pubmed:
18
10
2022
medline:
4
1
2023
entrez:
17
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a source of morbidity and mortality for trauma patients. Aspiration events are also common because of traumatic brain injury, altered mental status, or facial trauma. In patients requiring mechanical ventilation, early pneumonias (EPs) may be erroneously classified as ventilator associated. A prospective early bronchoscopy protocol was implemented from January 2020 to January 2022. Trauma patients intubated before arrival or within 48 hours of admission underwent bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) within 24 hours of intubation. Patients with more than 100,000 colony-forming units on BAL were considered to have EP. A total of 117 patients underwent early BAL. Ninety-three (79.5%) had some growth on BAL with 36 (30.8%) meeting criteria for EP. For the total study population, 29 patients (24.8%) were diagnosed with VAP later in their hospital course, 12 of which had previously been diagnosed with EP. Of EP patients (n = 36), 21 (58.3%) were treated with antibiotics based on clinical signs of infection. Of EP patients who had a later pneumonia diagnosed by BAL (n = 12), seven (58.3%) grew the same organism from their initial BAL. When these patients were excluded from VAP calculation, the rate was reduced by 27.6%. Patients with EP had a higher rate of smoking history (41.7% vs. 19.8%, p < 0.001) compared with patients without EP. There was no difference in median hospital length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, ventilator days, or mortality between the two cohorts. Early pneumonia is common in trauma patients intubated within the first 48 hours of admission and screening with early BAL identifies patients with aspiration or pretraumatic indicators of pneumonia. Accounting for these patients with early BAL significantly reduces reported VAP rates. Therapeutic/Care Management; Level IV.
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BACKGROUND
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a source of morbidity and mortality for trauma patients. Aspiration events are also common because of traumatic brain injury, altered mental status, or facial trauma. In patients requiring mechanical ventilation, early pneumonias (EPs) may be erroneously classified as ventilator associated.
METHODS
A prospective early bronchoscopy protocol was implemented from January 2020 to January 2022. Trauma patients intubated before arrival or within 48 hours of admission underwent bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) within 24 hours of intubation. Patients with more than 100,000 colony-forming units on BAL were considered to have EP.
RESULTS
A total of 117 patients underwent early BAL. Ninety-three (79.5%) had some growth on BAL with 36 (30.8%) meeting criteria for EP. For the total study population, 29 patients (24.8%) were diagnosed with VAP later in their hospital course, 12 of which had previously been diagnosed with EP. Of EP patients (n = 36), 21 (58.3%) were treated with antibiotics based on clinical signs of infection. Of EP patients who had a later pneumonia diagnosed by BAL (n = 12), seven (58.3%) grew the same organism from their initial BAL. When these patients were excluded from VAP calculation, the rate was reduced by 27.6%. Patients with EP had a higher rate of smoking history (41.7% vs. 19.8%, p < 0.001) compared with patients without EP. There was no difference in median hospital length of stay, intensive care unit length of stay, ventilator days, or mortality between the two cohorts.
CONCLUSION
Early pneumonia is common in trauma patients intubated within the first 48 hours of admission and screening with early BAL identifies patients with aspiration or pretraumatic indicators of pneumonia. Accounting for these patients with early BAL significantly reduces reported VAP rates.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Therapeutic/Care Management; Level IV.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36245076
doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003808
pii: 01586154-202301000-00005
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Copyright © 2022 American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
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