ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2020
Adverse events associated with prophylactic corticosteroid use before extubation: a cohort study.
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- Performance of the cuff leak test in adults in predicting post-extubation airway complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Critical care (London, England) · 2020Pooled it
- A Review of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients: Risk Factors and Implications.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundSystemic corticosteroid use is recommended before extubation in mechanically ventilated patients to prevent postextubation airway complications and reintubation. However, the adverse events associated with such use remain unclear. This study aimed to describe the incidence of adverse events associated with prophylactic corticosteroid use before extubation in mechanically ventilated adult patients.
methodsThis is a retrospective cohort study of 251 mechanically ventilated adults who received prophylactic corticosteroids in the intensive care units of four tertiary-care hospitals. The patients received 20 mg methylprednisolone at 12, 8, 4, and 0 hours before extubation (total dose, 80 mg) and were followed for 72 hours after extubation. The primary outcome was a clinically significant increase in blood glucose levels of ≥100 mg/dL within 24 and 72 hours after prophylactic corticosteroid administration.
resultsFifty-seven (23.1%) out of 247 patients and 73 (30.3%) out of 241 patients showed a clinically significant increase in blood glucose levels within 24 and 72 hours after receiving prophylactic corticosteroids, respectively. The clinically significant increase in blood glucose levels was significantly associated with underlying diabetes mellitus and was not significantly associated with hyperglycemia within 3 days before the initiation of prophylactic corticosteroids or with patient age. New-onset infections and delirium were also common, with incidences of 7.6% and 7.7%, respectively.
conclusionsProphylactic corticosteroid use before extubation was associated with adverse events, the most common of which was increased blood glucose levels. Lower doses of prophylactic corticosteroids may need to be considered in patients with diabetes mellitus or hyperglycemia.
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