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Severe hypercapnia and outcome of mechanically ventilated patients with moderate or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome

  • Nicolas Nin
  • , Alfonso Muriel
  • , Oscar Peñuelas
  • , Laurent Brochard
  • , José Angel Lorente
  • , Niall D. Ferguson
  • , Konstantinos Raymondos
  • , Fernando Ríos
  • , Damian A. Violi
  • , Arnaud W. Thille
  • , Marco González
  • , Asisclo J. Villagomez
  • , Javier Hurtado
  • , Andrew R. Davies
  • , Bin Du
  • , Salvatore M. Maggiore
  • , Luis Soto
  • , Gabriel D’Empaire
  • , Dimitrios Matamis
  • , Fekri Abroug
  • Rui P. Moreno, Marco Antonio Soares, Yaseen Arabi, Freddy Sandi, Manuel Jibaja, Pravin Amin, Younsuck Koh, Michael A. Kuiper, Hans Henrik Bülow, Amine Ali Zeggwagh, Antonio Anzueto, Jacob I. Sznajder, Andres Esteban*, the VENTILA Group for the VENTILA Group
*Corresponding author for this work
  • Hospital de Torrejón
  • Hospital Español
  • Hospital Ramon y Cajal
  • Uruguay and Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES)
  • Hospital Universitario de Getafe
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
  • National Hospital Alejandro Posadas
  • Hospital HIGA Guemes
  • CHU de Poitiers
  • Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
  • Hospital Regional 1° de Octubre ISSSTE
  • Monash University
  • Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
  • Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
  • Instituto Nacional del Tórax
  • Hospital de Clínicas de Caracas
  • Papageorgiou Hospital
  • Hospital Fattouma Bourguina
  • Hospital São José
  • Hospital Universitario Sao José
  • King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
  • Hospital Obrero No. 1
  • Hospital Eugenio Espejo
  • Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences
  • University of Ulsan
  • Medical Center Leeuwarden (MCL)
  • University of Copenhagen
  • Ibn Sina Hospital, Agdal Rabat
  • South Texas Veterans Health Care System
  • Northwestern University

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Abstract

Purpose: To analyze the relationship between hypercapnia developing within the first 48 h after the start of mechanical ventilation and outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients and methods: We performed a secondary analysis of three prospective non-interventional cohort studies focusing on ARDS patients from 927 intensive care units (ICUs) in 40 countries. These patients received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 h during 1-month periods in 1998, 2004, and 2010. We used multivariable logistic regression and a propensity score analysis to examine the association between hypercapnia and ICU mortality. Main outcomes: We included 1899 patients with ARDS in this study. The relationship between maximum PaCO2 in the first 48 h and mortality suggests higher mortality at or above PaCO2 of ≥50 mmHg. Patients with severe hypercapnia (PaCO2 ≥50 mmHg) had higher complication rates, more organ failures, and worse outcomes. After adjusting for age, SAPS II score, respiratory rate, positive end-expiratory pressure, PaO2/FiO2 ratio, driving pressure, pressure/volume limitation strategy (PLS), corrected minute ventilation, and presence of acidosis, severe hypercapnia was associated with increased risk of ICU mortality [odds ratio (OR) 1.93, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.32 to 2.81; p = 0.001]. In patients with severe hypercapnia matched for all other variables, ventilation with PLS was associated with higher ICU mortality (OR 1.58, CI 95% 1.04–2.41; p = 0.032). Conclusions: Severe hypercapnia appears to be independently associated with higher ICU mortality in patients with ARDS. Trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov identifier, NCT01093482.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)200-208
Number of pages9
JournalIntensive Care Medicine
Volume43
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Hypercapnia
  • ICU mortality
  • Mechanical ventilation

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