Fever control using external cooling in septic shock: a randomized controlled trial.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
; 185(10): 1088-95, 2012 May 15.
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ABSTRACT
RATIONALE Fever control may improve vascular tone and decrease oxygen consumption, but fever may contribute to combat infection. OBJECTIVES:
To determine whether fever control by external cooling diminishes vasopressor requirements in septic shock.METHODS:
In a multicenter randomized controlled trial, febrile patients with septic shock requiring vasopressors, mechanical ventilation, and sedation were allocated to external cooling (n = 101) to achieve normothermia (36.5-37°C) for 48 hours or no external cooling (n = 99). Vasopressors were tapered to maintain the same blood pressure target in the two groups. The primary endpoint was the number of patients with a 50% decrease in baseline vasopressor dose after 48 hours. MEASUREMENTS AND MAINRESULTS:
Body temperature was significantly lower in the cooling group after 2 hours of treatment (36.8 ± 0.7 vs. 38.4 ± 1.1°C; P < 0.01). A 50% vasopressor dose decrease was significantly more common with external cooling from 12 hours of treatment (54 vs. 20%; absolute difference, 34%; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], -46 to -21; P < 0.001) but not at 48 hours (72 vs. 61%; absolute difference, 11%; 95% CI, -23 to 2). Shock reversal during the intensive care unit stay was significantly more common with cooling (86 vs. 73%; absolute difference, 13%; 95% CI, 2 to 25; P = 0.021). Day-14 mortality was significantly lower in the cooling group (19 vs. 34%; absolute difference, -16%; 95% CI, -28 to -4; P = 0.013).CONCLUSIONS:
In this study, fever control using external cooling was safe and decreased vasopressor requirements and early mortality in septic shock.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Choque Séptico
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Crioterapia
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Febre
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
Assunto da revista:
TERAPIA INTENSIVA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França