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ArticleScientific reports2023

Physiologic dead space is independently associated with mortality and discharge of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 ARDS: a retrospective study.

Maximiliano Mollura, Francesca Baroncelli, Giulia Mandelli, Giovanni Tricella, Gary E Weissman, Daniele Poole, Pietro Caironi, Leo Anthony Celi, Riccardo Barbieri, Stefano Finazzi

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Maximiliano MolluraDepartment of Electronic, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Lombardia, Italy. maximiliano.mollura@polimi.it.
Francesca BaroncelliDepartment of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital-ASL Città di Torino, Turin, Piemonte, Italy.
Giulia MandelliDepartment of Medical Epidemiology, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS, 24020, Ranica, Lombardia, Italy.
Giovanni TricellaDepartment of Medical Epidemiology, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS, 24020, Ranica, Lombardia, Italy.
Gary E WeissmanPalliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center and Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Daniele PooleOperative Unit ofAnesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, S. Martino Hospital, Belluno, Veneto, Italy.
Pietro CaironiDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Piemonte, Italy.
Leo Anthony CeliLaboratory for Computational Physiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Riccardo BarbieriDepartment of Electronic, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Lombardia, Italy.
Stefano FinazziDepartment of Medical Epidemiology, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS, 24020, Ranica, Lombardia, Italy.
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITPolitecnico di Milano · ITBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USOspedale San Giovanni Bosco · ITUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Turin · IT

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Abstract

Physiologic dead space is a well-established independent predictor of death in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Here, we explore the association between a surrogate measure of dead space (DS) and early outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) because of COVID-19-associated ARDS. Retrospective cohort study on data derived from Italian ICUs during the first year of the COVID-19 epidemic. A competing risk Cox proportional hazard model was applied to test for the association of DS with two competing outcomes (death or discharge from the ICU) while adjusting for confounders. The final population consisted of 401 patients from seven ICUs. A significant association of DS with both death (HR 1.204; CI 1.019-1.423; p = 0.029) and discharge (HR 0.434; CI 0.414-0.456; p [Formula: see text]) was noticed even when correcting for confounding factors (age, sex, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, PaO[Formula: see text]/FiO[Formula: see text], tidal volume, positive end-expiratory pressure, and systolic blood pressure). These results confirm the important association between DS and death or ICU discharge in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS. Further work is needed to identify the optimal role of DS monitoring in this setting and to understand the physiological mechanisms underlying these associations.

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COVID-19Respiratory Distress SyndromeHumansPatient DischargeRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective Studies

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PMID37029215
PMCPMC10081332
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