Journal article
Association Between Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide and Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients Diagnosed With Sepsis in the Emergency Department
Critical care medicine, Vol.46(3), pp.e213-e220
03/2018
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002918
PMCID: PMC5825256
PMID: 29261567
Abstract
The objective of this study was to test the association between the partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and survival to hospital discharge among mechanically ventilated patients diagnosed with sepsis in the emergency department.
Retrospective cohort study of a single center trial registry.
Academic medical center.
Mechanically ventilated emergency department patients.
age 18 years and older, diagnosed with sepsis in the emergency department, and mechanical ventilation initiated in the emergency department.
Arterial blood gases obtained after initiation of mechanical ventilation were analyzed. The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge. We tested the association between partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and survival using multivariable logistic regression adjusting for potential confounders. Sensitivity analyses, including propensity score matching were also performed.
Six hundred subjects were included, and 429 (72%) survived to hospital discharge. The median (interquartile range) partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide was 42 (34-53) mm Hg for the entire cohort and 44 (35-57) and 39 (31-45) mm Hg among survivors and nonsurvivors, respectively (p < 0.0001 Wilcox rank-sum test). On multivariable analysis, a 1 mm Hg rise in partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide was associated with a 3% increase in odds of survival (adjusted odds ratio, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.01-1.04) after adjusting for tidal volume and other potential confounders. These results remained significant on all sensitivity analyses.
In this sample of mechanically ventilated sepsis patients, we found an association between increasing levels of partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and survival to hospital discharge. These findings justify future studies to determine the optimal target partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide range for mechanically ventilated sepsis patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Association Between Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide and Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients Diagnosed With Sepsis in the Emergency Department
- Creators
- Brian W Roberts - The Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJNicholas M Mohr - Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaEnyo Ablordeppey - Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MissouriAnne M Drewry - Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MissouriIan T Ferguson - School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandStephen Trzeciak - The Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJMarin H Kollef - Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MissouriBrian M Fuller - Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Critical care medicine, Vol.46(3), pp.e213-e220
- DOI
- 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002918
- PMID
- 29261567
- PMCID
- PMC5825256
- NLM abbreviation
- Crit Care Med
- ISSN
- 0090-3493
- eISSN
- 1530-0293
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- KL2 TR000450 / NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002345 / NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000448 / NCATS NIH HHS K23 HL126979 / NHLBI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2018
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Emergency Medicine; Anesthesia; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984025265302771
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