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1.

Background

Severe coccidioidal pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with high mortality. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been applied successfully to other severe fungal pneumonia associated with ARDS. We review our experience with the use of ECMO in severe coccidioidal ARDS.

Objectives

To review indications and outcome of ECMO in severe pulmonary coccidioidomycosis.

Methods

Three cases of severe ARDS caused by coccidioidomycosis are presented. All were managed with ECMO. Clinical course, complications, antifungal therapy and outcome are reviewed.

Results

Three cases of severe coccidioidal ARDS survived after treatment with ECMO. Common complications included bacterial pneumonia, encephalopathy and critical illness myopathy. They received liposomal amphotericin during ECMO, and transitioned to azole therapy. All required prolonged hospitalization and rehabilitation.

Conclusions

ECMO was life-saving in cases of coccidioidal ARDS. Common complications included pneumonia, encephalopathy and critical illness myopathy. All cases were successfully managed with liposomal amphotericin followed by azole therapy. They required prolonged hospitalization and rehabilitation.  相似文献   

2.

Background

Patients with thoracic empyema have an increased risk of mortality, but their absolute rate of mortality depends on age and comorbidities.

Objective

This study seeks to assess the predictive value of the Charlson Comorbidity Index score (CCIS), CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores for mortality risk in patients with empyema thoracis.

Methods

From Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database we identified a total of 484 participants diagnosed with thoracic empyema. The CCIS, CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores were used to stratify mortality risk.

Results

The incidence rate of mortality in the present study was 20.39 per 1000 person-months. A strong correlation was found between thoracic empyema and CCIS score.

Conclusions

Our results show that patients with thoracic empyema have a significantly high incidence rate of mortality and that CCIS can be used as an indicator of risk for mortality.  相似文献   

3.

Purpose of Review

Despite advances in diagnostic microbiology and sepsis management, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Current recommendations regarding the use of beta-lactams in combination with macrolides published in clinical practice guidelines are variable and based on low-quality evidence that is frequently retrospective, observational, and heterogeneous in nature. While population-based studies have historically suggested improved clinical outcomes with the routine use of macrolide combination therapy in hospitalized patients with CAP, emerging evidence from recent randomized controlled trials has challenged this practice. In this article, we discuss the historical rationale and current evidence for combination macrolide therapy in the management of CAP.

Recent Findings

Recent randomized controlled trials have assessed the non-inferiority of beta-lactam monotherapy compared to beta-lactam/macrolide combination therapy in adult patients hospitalized with CAP. Beta-lactam monotherapy was associated with equivalent clinical outcomes in patients with mild to moderate CAP. Patients with severe CAP managed with beta-lactam monotherapy have demonstrated worse clinical outcomes when compared to patients treated with combination therapy. In addition, previous beta-lactam exposure prior to hospitalization has not been shown to negatively impact outcomes in patients managed with beta-lactam monotherapy in the hospital.

Summary

Current evidence supports the use of beta-lactam monotherapy in adult patients hospitalized with mild to moderate CAP. While existing evidence supports the use of combination therapy in patients with severe pneumonia, further large-scale randomized controlled trials are urgently needed to clarify the role of combination therapy in this population.
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4.

Background

Although a considerable amount is known about the effect of age on the manifestations and outcomes of pneumonia, the same is not true for invasive pneumococcal disease.

Methods

This was a prospective observational study of all cases (2435) of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults in Northern Alberta from 2000 to 2014. Rates of invasive pneumococcal disease per 100,000, sociodemographic variables, clinical characteristics, and invasive pneumococcal disease–related outcomes were compared for the following age groups: 17-54, 55-64, 65-74, and ≥75 years.

Results

The rate of invasive pneumococcal disease per 100,000 increased with increasing age. Although only 27.3% of the cases were in those aged ≥65 years, they accounted for 48% of the deaths. The case fatality rate increased with increasing age, from 9.6% for those aged 17-54 years to 31.7% for those aged ≥75 years. The rate of meningitis decreased with increasing age, as did admission to intensive care and use of mechanical ventilation. There was a marked reduction in the rate of invasive pneumococcal disease due to protein conjugate vaccine 7 and protein conjugate vaccine 13 serotypes in those aged ≥55 years but a much smaller decline in rates for those aged 17-54 years. Replacement with non-vaccine serotypes constituted approximately 50% of the cases.

Conclusions

The rate of invasive pneumococcal disease is highest in the very elderly, and manifestations of invasive pneumococcal disease are influenced by age.  相似文献   

5.

Background

Celiac disease has been associated with hyposplenism, and multiple case reports link celiac disease and pneumococcal infections; however, increased risk of pneumococcal infection in celiac disease has not been confirmed. The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review to determine the risk of pneumococcal infections in celiac disease.

Methods

Relevant studies were identified using electronic bibliographic searches of PubMed, OVID, Medline, and EMBASE (1980 to February 2017) and reviewing abstracts from major conferences in gastroenterology. Using number of events in celiac patients and referent patients, we calculated a summary relative risk of pneumococcal infections. All analyses were conducted in Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software using random-effects assumptions.

Results

Of a total of 156 articles, 3, representing 3 large databases (the Swedish National Inpatient Register; the Oxford Record Linkage Study; and the English National Hospital Episode Statistics) were included. Each compared patients with celiac disease and confirmed pneumococcal infection to a specific reference group: inpatients and/or the general population. Overall, the odds of pneumococcal infection were higher among hospitalized celiac patients compared with controls (odds ratio 1.66; 95% confidence interval 1.43-1.92). There was no evidence of heterogeneity (Q[1] = 1.17, P = .56, I2 = 0%).

Conclusions

Celiac disease is associated with an increased risk of pneumococcal infection. Preventive pneumococcal vaccination should be considered for those with celiac disease, with special attention to those aged 15-64 years who have not received the scheduled pneumococcal vaccination series as a child.  相似文献   

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Introduction

This study compared inpatient outcomes related to the use of these two devices among patients who developed cardiogenic shock not due to acute myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization.

Methods

We extracted admission-level records of patients with a diagnosis of cardiogenic shock who underwent either PVAD or IABP implantation from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 2010 to 2014. Our outcomes of interest were mortality and length of stay.

Results

Inpatient mortality was significantly higher in the PVAD cohort. In multivariate analysis, PVAD use in these patients was associated with higher mortality. There was no difference in the length of stay between both groups among patients that survived to discharge.

Conclusion

In our analysis of the NIS database, the use of PVADs in patients with cardiogenic shock of non-ischemic origin was associated with higher mortality when compared to IABP use.  相似文献   

7.

Objective

To evaluate whether intravenous plus inhaled combination (IV/INHCC) compared to intravenous monotherapy (IVCM) was associated with patient outcomes and identify factors influencing study outcomes.

Methods

PubMed and Scopus were searched till November 2016. Studies were included if they evaluated adult patients with lower respiratory tract infections due to MDR/XDR Gram-negative bacteria and reported comparative mortality data (adjusted and unadjusted) for patients receiving IV/INHCC versus IVCM. Random effects meta-analyses were performed.

Results

Thirteen studies (11 retrospective, 2 prospective) were included. The overall quality of data was low to very low and characterized by the lack of adjusted data. The majority of the studies were designed to evaluate the outcome of the meta-analysis. Both IV and inhaled colistin were administered at variable doses. There was no difference in mortality between IV/INHCC and IVCM when all studies were combined (13 studies, 1115 patients, risk ratio 0.94, 95% confidence interval 0.81–1.08). Only the analysis that included studies with low-dose IV colistin showed significant difference in favor of IV/INHCC versus IVCM (0.65, 0.45–0.94).

Conclusions

Overall, low quality data suggest that IV/INHCC did not lower mortality in patients with MDR Gram negative infections unless low IV colistin dose was administered.  相似文献   

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Background

Clinical practice guidelines for nursing- and healthcare-associated pneumonia (NHCAP) were developed for pneumonia caused by drug-resistant bacteria and pneumonia in elderly patients, particularly aspiration pneumonia. The identification of pathogenic bacteria and implementation of efforts to prevent the recurrence of aspiration pneumonia are very important in clinical practice. This study examined the extent to which clinicians have established bacteriological testing and recurrence prevention efforts for NHCAP and aspiration pneumonia.

Methods

Questionnaire surveys were mailed to the heads of internal medicine and respiratory medicine departments at 2490 Japanese hospitals. The questionnaire evaluated bacteriological testing for NHCAP or aspiration pneumonia and prevention of the recurrence of aspiration pneumonia.

Results

A total of 350 hospitals responded. These hospitals were grouped on the basis of whether a pulmonologist provided medical care for aspiration pneumonia and whether the hospital employed an infectious disease specialist. For hospitals in which pulmonologists treated aspiration pneumonia, the response rates for “is done in nearly all cases” were 70.0%, 84.7%, 31.6%, and 48.9% for sputum gram staining, sputum culture tests, blood culture tests, and pneumococcal vaccination, respectively. In hospitals that employed an infectious disease specialist, the response rates for “is done in nearly all cases” were 72.8% and 41.3% for sputum gram staining and blood culture tests, respectively. Recurrence prevention for aspiration pneumonia (other than pneumococcal vaccination) was not actively implemented.

Conclusions

Sputum gram staining, sputum culture tests, and other bacteriological tests were implemented quite actively. However, physicians who treat aspiration pneumonia should implement efforts to prevent pneumonia recurrence more actively.  相似文献   

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Purpose

Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia is associated with high mortality, and most monotherapies are beta-lactam-based. We aimed to investigate clinical outcomes of definitive fluoroquinolone monotherapy versus beta-lactam monotherapy for P. aeruginosa bacteraemia.

Methods

This retrospective study enrolled adult patients receiving definitive monotherapy with beta-lactam or fluoroquinolone between November 2013 and November 2014 at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. The independent risk factors for 28-day mortality were analyzed by logistic regression and propensity score-adjusted analysis.

Results

Among the 105 patients enrolled, 78 patients received beta-lactams and 27 received fluoroquinolones (20 with ciprofloxacin and 7 with levofloxacin). Primary bacteraemia (39.0%) and urinary tract infections (37.1%) were the most common sources of bacteraemia. The 28-day mortality rate was 11.1% for those receiving fluoroquinolones and 32.1% for those receiving beta-lactams (P?=?0.062). The 28-day mortality rate between the two groups stratified by APACHE II and Pitt bacteraemia scores showed no significant differences in each category. Propensity score-adjusted multivariate analysis revealed that definitive therapy with a fluoroquinolone was not associated with 28-day mortality (OR 0.42; 95% CI 0.08–2.23; P?=?0.305).

Conclusions

Fluoroquinolone might be an alternative to beta-lactam as a definitive monotherapy for P. aeruginosa bacteraemia provided they are active in vitro. Our results could be a basis for further studies and provide a possible target for antibiotic stewardship interventions in P. aeruginosa bacteraemia.
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Background

Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) is increasingly utilized in the management of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Providers who care for patients on VV-ECMO should be familiar with common circuit complications.

Objectives

To provide an example of a common complication, circuit “chugging,” and suggest a management algorithm which aims to avoid excessive fluid administration to patients with ARDS.

Methods

We use a clinical case to illustrate chugging and discuss potential management strategies.

Results

Our patient received frequent boluses of albumin for intermittent circuit chugging contributing to a net positive fluid balance of roughly 6 liters 4 days after cannulation.

Conclusions

Chugging is a common complication for patients on VV ECMO. A thoughtful approach to management may help limit potentially harmful fluid administration for patients with ARDS.  相似文献   

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Objectives

To test the effects of group-based Tai chi on health-status outcomes among older adults with hypertension.

Background

A high-quality study exploring the effects of Tai chi on physical and psychosocial health for older adults with hypertension is needed in China. The long-term effects of group-based Tai chi in Chinese older adults with hypertension remain unclear.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial was conducted. The group-based Tai chi training and practice were implemented in older adults over six-month.

Results

The Tai chi (TC) group showed significantly lower blood pressure and body mass index than the usual care (UC) group. The TC group participants showed greater improvements in social support, quality of life, and reduction in depressive symptoms over a six-month intervention than UC group. TC group showed significant group-by-time interactions in these variables.

Conclusion

Group-based Tai chi is effective in the enhancement of health-status outcomes for older Chinese adults with hypertension.  相似文献   

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Background

African Americans with heart failure (HF) have the highest rates of depression among all ethnicities in the USA.

Objectives

To compare the effects by race on depressive symptoms and topics discussed in the first clinic appointment after HF hospitalization.

Methods

This study is a secondary analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial testing a patient group discussion of HF self-management with 93 Caucasians and 77 African Americans.

Results

Reduction in depressive symptoms was significantly greater among African American patients within the intervention group (F = 3.99, p = .047) than controls. There were significant differences by race in four topics (dietitian referral, appointment date, help preparing discussion questions, and advice on worsening HF symptoms) concerning patient-physician discussions.

Conclusion

The intervention showed greater effect in reducing depressive symptoms among African Americans than Caucasians. Preparing patients for discussions at physician appointments on diet, depressive symptoms, and HF symptoms is recommended.  相似文献   

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Purpose

The magnitude of the risk of severe hypoglycemia associated with sulfonylureas as the initial treatment for type 2 diabetes in the real-world setting is unknown. We assessed the risk of severe hypoglycemia associated with initiating monotherapy with sulfonylurea compared with metformin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Methods

By using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink and Hospital Episode Statistics linked to the Office for National Statistics, we identified a cohort of patients with type 2 diabetes who initiated sulfonylureas or metformin monotherapy between April 1, 1998, and December 31, 2012, with follow-up until December 31, 2013. Sulfonylurea users were matched one-to-one to metformin users by high-dimensional propensity scores. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of severe hypoglycemia, defined as requiring hospitalization, were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models comparing sulfonylureas with metformin monotherapy.

Results

The study cohort consisted of 14,012 initiators of sulfonylureas matched to 14,012 initiators of metformin. The mean treated follow-up time was 1.41 (standard deviation, 1.84) years. Use of sulfonylurea was associated with an elevated incidence of severe hypoglycemia compared with metformin as the initiating monotherapy for type 2 diabetes (incidence rate, 2.4/1000 person-years; 95% CI, 1.90-2.90; HR, 4.53; 95% CI, 2.76-7.45).

Conclusions

Sulfonylureas, when prescribed as the initiating monotherapy for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, is associated with a 4.5-fold increase in the risk of severe hypoglycemia. Given the negative consequences of this outcome, clinicians should consider alternative hypoglycemic agents when metformin is not tolerated or contraindicated.  相似文献   

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Rationale

Consensus recommendations have been developed to guide exercise rehabilitation of mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit.

Objective

This study aimed to investigate the safety of exercise rehabilitation of mechanically ventilated patients and evaluate the consensus recommendations.

Methods

This was a prospective, single-centre, cohort study conducted in a specialist cardiothoracic intensive care unit of a tertiary, university affiliated hospital in Australia.

Results

91 mechanically ventilated participants; 54 (59.3%) male; mean age of 56.52 (16.3) years; were studied with 809 occasions of service recorded. Ten (0.0182%) minor adverse events were recorded, with only one adverse event occurring when a patient was receiving moderate level of vasoactive support.

Conclusions

The consensus recommendations are a useful tool in guiding safe exercise rehabilitation of mechanically ventilated patients. Our findings suggest that there is further scope to safely commence exercise rehabilitation in patients receiving vasoactive support.  相似文献   

15.

Background

In critically ill patients, clinicians can have difficulty obtaining accurate oximetry measurements.

Objective

To compare the accuracy of nasal alar and forehead sensor measurements and incidence of pressure injury.

Methods

43 patients had forehead and nasal alar sensors applied. Arterial samples were obtained at 0, 24, and 120 hours. Oxygen saturations measured by co-oximetry were compared to sensor values. Skin was assessed every 8 hours.

Results

Oxygen saturations ranged from 69.8%-97.8%, with 18% of measures < 90%. Measurements were within 3% of co-oximetry values for 54% of nasal alar compared to 35% of forehead measurements. Measurement failures occurred in 6% for nasal alar and 22% for forehead. Three patients developed a pressure injury with the nasal alar sensor and 13 patients developed a pressure injury with the forehead sensor (χ2 = 7.68; p = .006).

Conclusions

In this group of patients with decreased perfusion, nasal alar sensors provided a potential alternative for continuous monitoring of oxygen saturation.  相似文献   

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Background

In developing countries, the number of adults who develop myocardial infarction (MI) at a young age is high. The popularity of waterpipe smoking (WPS) has increased among the same age group. It is unknown if WPS contributes to the incidence of early-onset MI.

Objective

To study the association of WPS with early-onset MI, which is defined as first MI occurring in individuals 18 ≥ age ≤ 45 years compared to those older than 45 years.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study. The association of WPS with first-time MI was compared between younger and older adults (N = 225).

Results

Twenty-five percent of all participants developed an acute MI before the age of 46 years. Both cigarette and WPS were more common among younger first-time MI patients than older first-time MI patients.

Conclusions

WPS is one risk factor that distinguishes the risk profile of young adults with early-onset MI.  相似文献   

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Background

Major depressive disorder (“depression”) has been identified as an independent risk factor for mortality for many comorbid conditions, including heart failure, cancer and stroke. Major depressive disorder has also been linked to immune suppression by generating a chronic inflammatory state. However, the association between major depression and pneumonia has not been examined. The aim of this study was to examine the association between depression and outcomes, including mortality and intensive care unit admission, in Veterans hospitalized with pneumonia.

Materials and Methods

We conducted a retrospective national study using administrative data of patients hospitalized at any Veterans Administration acute care hospital. We included patients ≥65 years old hospitalized with pneumonia from 2002-2012. Depressed patients were further analyzed based on whether they were receiving medications to treat depression. We used generalized linear mixed effect models to examine the association of depression with the outcomes of interest after controlling for potential confounders.

Results

Patients with depression had a significantly higher 90-day mortality (odds ratio 1.12, 95% confidence interval 1.07-1.17) compared to patients without depression. Patients with untreated depression had a significantly higher 30-day (1.11, 1.04-1.20) and 90-day (1.20, 1.13-1.28) mortality, as well as significantly higher intensive care unit admission rates (1.12, 1.03-1.21), compared to patients with treated depression.

Conclusion

For older veterans hospitalized with pneumonia, a concurrent diagnosis of major depressive disorder, and especially untreated depression, was associated with higher mortality. This highlights that untreated major depressive disorder is an independent risk factor for mortality for patients with pneumonia.  相似文献   

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Introduction

KPC carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-KP) has become a major public health challenge. Accordingly, this study sought to use a systematic review of the scientific literature to ascertain the mortality of KPC-KP infection, and analyze such mortality by country, year of publication, hospital ward, and type of interpretation used to define carbapenem resistance.

Methodology

A search without language restrictions was made of the MEDLINE, CENTRAL, EBSCO, LILACS and EMBASE databases from 1996 through June 2017, to locate all studies which had determined the existence of KPC-KP infection. We then performed a meta-analysis of all studies that reported KPC-KP infection-related mortality, and analyzed mortality by subgroup in accordance with standard methodology.

Results

A total of 51 papers were included in the systematic review. From 2005 through 2017, data on KPC-KP infection were reported in 5124 patients, with an average of 465 patients per year. The most widely studied type of infection was bacteremia (28?0%). The meta-analysis showed that overall mortality for the 37 studies was 41.0% (95%CI 37.0–44.0), with the highest mortality rates being observed in oncology patients, 56.0% (95%CI 38.1–73.0), and Brazil, 51.3% (95%CI 43.0–60.0).

Conclusion

KPC-KP infection-related mortality is high, is manifested differently in some countries, and is highest among oncology patients.  相似文献   

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Background

Aspiration pneumonia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality; however, little is known about aspiration pneumonia in patients with carbon monoxide intoxication, which is the leading cause of poisoning-related death. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, clinical impacts, and risk factors for developing aspiration pneumonia in patients with carbon monoxide poisoning with loss of consciousness.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of a carbon monoxide poisoning registry was performed at our emergency department for the period January 2008 to December 2015. All adult carbon monoxide poisoning patients with loss of consciousness were included.

Results

Aspiration pneumonia developed in 103 (19.2%) of 537 patients. It was associated with increased ventilator use (52.4% vs 3.2%), length of hospital stay (median [interquartile range], 3.6 [2.1-5.1] vs 1.3 [0.6-2.1] days), and in-hospital mortality (5.8% vs 0.0%) (all P < .001). Altered mental status on emergency department arrival, white blood cell count, and increased exposure duration were the independent factors associated with development of aspiration pneumonia; odds ratios were 9.46 (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.92-18.19; P < .001), 1.19 (95% CI 1.13-1.26; P < .001), and 1.12 (95% CI 1.06-1.19; P < .001), respectively. For painful or unresponsive mental status and white blood cell count >12,000/mm3, the odds ratio increased up to 17.75 (95% CI 10.65-29.59; P < .001).

Conclusions

The prevalence of aspiration pneumonia was 19.2% in carbon monoxide poisoning patients with loss of consciousness and was associated with poor outcomes. Additionally, altered mental status on emergency department arrival, white blood cell count, and increased exposure duration were independently associated with the development of aspiration pneumonia.  相似文献   

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Background

Experience of myocardial infarction (MI) negatively affects different aspects of health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Objectives

This study aimed to examine trends in HRQoL of MI patients and to identify demographic, clinical and psychosocial predictors of HRQoL at three months.

Methods

A total of 150 patients in South Korea were completed the study questionnaires at baseline. After three months from discharge, 136 participants completed follow-up questionnaires, including the Korean version of the MacNew Quality of Life after Myocardial Infarction Questionnaire (MacNew).

Results

HRQoL significantly improved over three months. Younger age, ST-elevation MI, and higher LVEF, lower level of depression, better understanding of the illness and higher perceived social support at baseline were associated with better HRQoL at three months.

Conclusion

Providing adequate information about the illness and social support as well as reducing negative psychological experiences in early days after MI may improve HRQoL of MI patients.  相似文献   

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