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Liver Transpl ; 21(5): 662-9, 2015 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25762421

RESUMO

Acute kidney injury (AKI) after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is associated with a poor clinical outcome. Because there is no specific treatment for postoperative AKI, early recognition and prevention are fundamental therapeutic approaches. Concentrations of the proinflammatory cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) are elevated in patients with kidney disease. We hypothesized that plasma MIF concentrations would be greater in patients developing AKI after OLT compared with patients with normal kidney function. Twenty-eight patients undergoing OLT were included in the study. Kidney injury was classified according to AKI network criteria. Fifteen patients (54%) developed severe AKI after OLT, 11 (39%) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). On the first postoperative day, patients with severe AKI had greater plasma MIF concentrations (237 ± 123 ng/mL) than patients without AKI (95 ± 63 ng/mL; P < 0.001). The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for predicting severe AKI was 0.87 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.69-0.97] for plasma MIF, 0.61 (95% CI, 0.40-0.79) for serum creatinine (sCr), and 0.90 (95% CI, 0.72-0.98) for delta serum creatinine (ΔsCr). Plasma MIF (P = 0.02) and ΔsCr (P = 0.01) yielded a better predictive value than sCr for the development of severe AKI. Furthermore, the area under the ROC curve to predict the requirement of RRT was 0.87 (95% CI, 0.68-0.96) for plasma MIF, 0.65 (95% CI, 0.44-0.82) for sCr, and 0.72 (95% CI, 0.52-0.88) for ΔsCr. Plasma MIF had a better predictive value than sCr for the requirement of RRT (P = 0.02). In conclusion, postoperative plasma MIF concentrations were elevated in patients who developed severe AKI after OLT. Furthermore, plasma MIF concentrations showed a good prognostic value for identifying patients developing severe AKI or requiring postoperative RRT after OLT.


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Injúria Renal Aguda/etiologia , Transplante de Fígado/efeitos adversos , Terapia de Substituição Renal/métodos , Injúria Renal Aguda/cirurgia , Idoso , Creatinina/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Terapia de Imunossupressão , Oxirredutases Intramoleculares/sangue , Fatores Inibidores da Migração de Macrófagos/sangue , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Complicações Pós-Operatórias , Período Pós-Operatório , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Curva ROC , Insuficiência Renal/cirurgia , Resultado do Tratamento
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Hepatol Int ; 14(6): 1083-1092, 2020 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33000389

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BACKGROUND: Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) has been studied in patients with advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD) without considering the impact of portal hypertension. We evaluated the influence of the hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) on ROTEM results in patients with ACLD. METHODS: Cross-sectional study; ACLD patients undergoing HVPG measurement within the prospective Vienna Cirrhosis Study (NCT03267615) underwent concomitant ROTEM testing. RESULTS: Among 159 patients (68% male; Child-Pugh-A: 53%, Child-Pugh-B: 34%, Child-Pugh-C: 13%), 21 patients (13%) had a HVPG between 6 and 10 mmHg, 84 patients (53%) between 10 and 19 mmHg, and 54 patients (34%) ≥ 20 mmHg. Child-Pugh-C patients (vs. Child-Pugh-A and vs. Child-Pugh-B patients, respectively) showed longer clot formation time (CFT: median 187 s vs. 122 s vs. 122 s, p = 0.007) and lower maximum clot firmness (MCF: median: 45 mm vs. 56 mm vs. 56 mm, p = 0.002) in extrinsic thromboelastometry (EXTEM), while platelet counts were similar across Child-Pugh stages. In the overall cohort, ROTEM parameters did not differ by severity of portal hypertension. However, among compensated Child-Pugh-A patients, MCF decreased with increasing portal pressure, i.e. in higher HVPG strata (HVPG 9-10 mmHg: median MCF: 59 mm vs. HVPG 10-19 mmHg: 56 mm vs HVPG ≥ 20 mmHg: 54 mm, p = 0.023). Furthermore, patients with short CFT and high MCF in EXTEM had higher levels of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin, as well as higher leukocyte counts (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Portal hypertension seems to impact ROTEM results only in compensated Child-Pugh-A patients. Bacterial translocation and systemic inflammation may trigger a procoagulant state in patients with ACLD.


Assuntos
Hipertensão Portal , Estudos Transversais , Doença Hepática Terminal , Feminino , Humanos , Cirrose Hepática/complicações , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Pressão na Veia Porta , Estudos Prospectivos , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Tromboelastografia
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Wien Klin Wochenschr ; 128(11-12): 397-403, 2016 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27220338

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Data regarding the impact and timing of tracheostomy in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury (TBI) are ambiguous. Our goal was to evaluate the impact of tracheostomy on hospital mortality in patients with moderate or severe isolated TBI. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of data prospectively collected at 87 Austrian intensive care units (ICUs). All patients continuously admitted between 1998 and 2010 were evaluated for the study. In total, 4,735 patients were admitted to ICUs with isolated TBI. Of these patients, 2,156 had a moderate or severe TBI (1,603 patients were endotracheally intubated only, 553 patients underwent tracheostomy). Epidemiological data (trauma severity, treatment, and outcome) of the two groups were compared. RESULTS: Patients with moderate or severe isolated TBI undergoing tracheostomy had a similar Glasgow Coma Scale score, median (interquartile range): 6 (3-8) vs 6 (3-8); p = 0.90, and Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, 45 (37-54) vs 45 (35-56); p = 0.86, compared with intubated patients not undergoing tracheostomy. Furthermore, patients undergoing tracheostomy exhibited higher Abbreviated Injury Scale Head scores and had a longer ICU stay for survivors, 30 (22-42) vs 9 (3-17) days; p < 0.0001). In contrast, risk-adjusted mortality was lower in patients undergoing tracheostomy compared with patients who remained intubated, observed-to-expected mortality ratio (95 % confidence interval): 0.62 (0.53-0.72) vs 1.00 (0.95-1.05) respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the greater severity of head injury, patients with isolated TBI who underwent tracheostomy had a lower risk-adjusted mortality than patients who remained intubated. Reasons for this difference in outcome may be multifactorial and require further investigation.


Assuntos
Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/mortalidade , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/cirurgia , Mortalidade Hospitalar , Insuficiência Respiratória/prevenção & controle , Traqueostomia/mortalidade , Traqueostomia/estatística & dados numéricos , Adulto , Idoso , Áustria/epidemiologia , Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Insuficiência Respiratória/mortalidade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de Risco , Taxa de Sobrevida , Índices de Gravidade do Trauma , Resultado do Tratamento
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