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OBJECTIVES@#Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an extracorporeal life support strategy for the treatment of critically ill children with reversible heart and lung failure, increasingly being used in patients with low cardiac output after cardiac surgery. However, the mortality of patients is closely related to the complications of ECMO, especially bleeding, thrombosis, and infection, ECMO-related nosocomial infection has become a challenge to the success of ECMO. This study aims to analyze the incidence and risk factors for venoarterial-ECMO (VA-ECMO)-related nosocomial infections in children after cardiac surgery.@*METHODS@#We retrospectively collected the data of patients who underwent VA-ECMO treatment after pediatric cardiac surgery in the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from July 2015 to March 2021, and divided them into an infected group and a non-infected group. The clinical characteristics of the 2 groups of patients, VA-ECMO-related nosocomial infection factors, pathogenic microorganisms, and patient mortality were compared. Logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors for nosocomial infection related to VA-ECMO after cardiac surgery.@*RESULTS@#Of the 38 pediatric patients, 18 patients (47.37%) had VA-ECMO related nosocomial infection, served as the infected group, including 7 patients with blood infections and 11 respiratory tract infections. Gram-negative pathogens (16 strains, 88.9%) were the main bacteria, such as Acinetobacter baumannii (6 strains), Klebsiella pneumoniae (3 strains), and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (3 strains). Compared with the non-infected group (n=20), the infection group had longer time of cardiopulmonary bypass, time of myocardial block, and time of VA-ECMO assistance (All P<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that time of cardiopulmonary bypass (OR=1.012, 95% CI 1.002 to 1.022; P=0.021) was an independent risk factor for ECMO-related nosocomial infection. The number of surviving discharges in the infected group was less than that in the non-infected group (1 vs 11, P<0.05).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Cardiopulmonary bypass time is an independent risk factor for VA-ECMO-related nosocomial infection in children after cardiac surgery. Shortening the duration of extracorporeal circulation may reduce the incidence of VA-EMCO-related nosocomial infections in children after cardic surgery. The occurrence of VA-ECMO-related nosocomial infections affects the number of patient's discharge alive.
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Child , Humans , Cardiac Surgical Procedures/adverse effects , Cross Infection/etiology , Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation/adverse effects , Retrospective Studies , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
Objective To investigate physiological changes in peri extracorporeal circulation period of patients who underwent cardiac valve replacement surgeries with crystalloid solution mixed with colloidal solutions and pure crystal solution as extracorporeal circulation priming solution, and explore the clinical value and practicability of crystalloid solution as the sole extracorporeal circulation priming solution.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed in 130 patients who underwent cardiac valve replacement surgeries.Pure lactated Ringer's solution liquid and Lactated Ringer's solution mixed with Voluven as the extracorporeal circulation priming solution were used.We respectively compared hematocrit at different time points, postoperative blood routine, liver and kidney function, blood coagulation index, duration of intensive care and trachea cannula in two groups.Results There were no significant differences in ages, preoperative blood routine, kidney function, blood coagulation function, duration of operation, clamping time, bypass time, intensive care, postoperative blood routine, kidney function, blood coagulation function and hematocrit at different time points in two groups (P ＞0.05).However, the hospital day of group which used crystalloid solution as extracorporeal circulation priming solution was significant shorter compared to group which used lactated Ringer's solution mixed with Voluven (P ＜ 0.05).Alanine aminotransferase of group which used crystalloid solution as extracorporeal circulation priming solution was significant higher compared to group which used lactated Ringer's solution mixed with Voluven (P ＜0.01).Conclusions Crystalloid solution as extracorporeal circulation priming solution is safe and economy in cardiopulmonary bypass.Pure crystalloid solution as the sole extracorporeal circulation priming solution can be safely used on patients (New York Heart Association class Ⅱ-Ⅲ) who have normal liver and kidney function before the operation of adult heart valve replacement with cardiopulmonary bypass.