Outcomes of Patients Transported in the Prone Position to a Regional Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Center: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome critical care transport extracorporeal membrane oxygenation prone transport safety

Journal

Critical care explorations
ISSN: 2639-8028
Titre abrégé: Crit Care Explor
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101746347

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Historique:
medline: 26 7 2023
pubmed: 26 7 2023
entrez: 26 7 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Prone positioning is associated with improved mortality in patients with moderate/severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and has been increasingly used throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In patients with refractory hypoxemia, transfer to an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) center may improve outcome but may be challenging due to severely compromised gas exchange. Transport of these patients in prone position may be advantageous; however, there is a paucity of data on their outcomes. The primary objective of this retrospective cohort study was to describe the early outcomes of ARDS patients transported in prone position for evaluation at a regional ECMO center. A secondary objective was to examine the safety of their transport in the prone position. Retrospective cohort study. This study used patient charts from Ornge and Toronto General Hospital in Ontario, Canada, between February 1, 2020, and November 31, 2021. Patient with ARDS transported in the prone position for ECMO evaluation to Toronto General Hospital. Descriptive analysis of patients transported in the prone position and their outcomes. One hundred fifteen patients were included. Seventy-two received ECMO (63%) and 51 died (44%) with ARDS and sepsis as the most common listed causes of death. Patients were transported primarily for COVID-related indications (93%). Few patients required additional analgesia (8%), vasopressors (4%), or experienced clinically relevant desaturation during transport (2%). This cohort of patients with severe ARDS transported in prone position had outcomes ranging from similar to better compared with existing literature. Prone transport was performed safely with few complications or escalation in treatments. Prone transport to an ECMO center should be regarded as safe and potentially beneficial for patients with ARDS and refractory hypoxemia.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37492857
doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000948
pmc: PMC10365187
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e0948

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Timothy Zhang (T)

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Anton Nikouline (A)

Division of Emergency Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.

Jamie Riggs (J)

Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Brodie Nolan (B)

Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ornge, Mississauga, ON, Canada.

Andy Pan (A)

Ornge, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Montfort Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Michael Peddle (M)

Division of Emergency Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Ornge, Mississauga, ON, Canada.

Eddy Fan (E)

Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Lorenzo Del Sorbo (L)

Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

John Granton (J)

Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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