Elizabeth T. Mansi, Christopher T. Rentsch, Richard S. Bourne, Annie Jeffery, Bruce Guthrie, Nazir I. Lone
{"title":"Benzodiazepine and z-drug prescribing in critical care survivors and the risk of rehospitalisation or death due to falls/trauma and due to any cause: a retrospective matched cohort study using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink","authors":"Elizabeth T. Mansi, Christopher T. Rentsch, Richard S. Bourne, Annie Jeffery, Bruce Guthrie, Nazir I. Lone","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07762-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07762-4","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are often prescribed to critical care survivors due to high prevalence of mental health problems and insomnia. However, their safety has not been studied in this population.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>Retrospective cohort study of 28,678 adult critical care survivors hospitalised in 2010 and 2018: 4844 prescribed benzodiazepines or z-drugs, matched to 23,834 unexposed survivors using UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked datasets. Multivariable stratified Cox regression was used to estimate the adjusted hazards ratio (adjHR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) of community benzodiazepine/z-drug prescribing and falls/trauma-related events, as well as all-cause 30-day rehospitalisation or death. We performed subgroup analyses on patients without pre-critical care admission prescription of benzodiazepines/z-drugs (‘treatment-naïve’), and sensitivity analyses excluding patients receiving palliative care after discharge.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Prescription of benzodiazepines or z-drugs showed no conclusive evidence of increased risk of falls/trauma-related events in the whole cohort (adjHR 1.27; 95%CI 0.76–2.14) or in treatment-naïve individuals (adjHR 1.79; 95%CI 0.61–5.26), because estimates lacked precision due to low event rates. For all-cause rehospitalisation or death, benzodiazepines/z-drugs were associated with increased risk (whole cohort adjHR 1.24, 95%CI 1.14–1.36; treatment-naïve adjHR 1.66, 95%CI 1.49–1.86). However, after excluding patients treated for palliative care, the association persisted only in treatment-naïve individuals (whole cohort adjHR 1.08, 95%CI 0.98–1.19; treatment-naïve adjHR 1.42, 95%CI1.25–1.62).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Community benzodiazepine and z-drug prescribing was associated with increased risk of all-cause, but not falls/trauma-related, rehospitalisations and deaths in critical care survivors who had not been prescribed these before hospitalisation. Clinicians should balance the possible benefits with the likely harms of prescribing these drugs in this potentially vulnerable patient group.</p>","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patricia Rodríguez Villamizar, Arnaud W. Thille, Margarita Márquez Doblas, Jean-Pierre Frat, Pilar Leal Sanz, Elena Alonso, Victoria País, Guillermo Morales, Laura Colinas, Alicia Propín, Aida Fernández Olivares, María Martínez Balaguer, Diego Alvaredo Rodrigo, Gonzalo Hernández
{"title":"Best clinical model predicting extubation failure: a diagnostic accuracy post hoc analysis","authors":"Patricia Rodríguez Villamizar, Arnaud W. Thille, Margarita Márquez Doblas, Jean-Pierre Frat, Pilar Leal Sanz, Elena Alonso, Victoria País, Guillermo Morales, Laura Colinas, Alicia Propín, Aida Fernández Olivares, María Martínez Balaguer, Diego Alvaredo Rodrigo, Gonzalo Hernández","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07758-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07758-0","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Purpose</h3><p>Predicting extubation failure remains a clinical challenge. This study aimed to determine diagnostic accuracy of models used at the bed side.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>Post hoc analysis of 2341 patients at all risk included in five multicenter randomized trials. Diagnostic accuracy of three clinical prediction models was compared: 3-factors model including age > 65y, chronic heart or pulmonary disease; 4-factors model adding prolonged mechanical ventilation; and 11-factors model including age > 65 years, ≥ 2 comorbidities, prolonged mechanical ventilation, acute heart failure as the primary indication for mechanical ventilation, moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, APACHE II score > 12 on extubation day, airway patency problems, inability to deal with respiratory secretions, not simple weaning, obesity, or hypercapnia at the end of the spontaneous breathing trial. Crude and adjusted for spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) models were compared for all-cause reintubation at 7 days using Youden and Kappa indexes.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>The 3-factors model had a very low global prediction capability (Youden index 0.08 and Kappa index 0.04); the 4-factors and 11-factors models had low global prediction capability (Youden index 0.12 and 0.16, and Kappa index 0.06 and 0.07, respectively). Aggressive SBT strategies (pressure support ≥ 7 cm H<sub>2</sub>O with or without positive end-expiratory pressure) were associated with extubation failure risk (<i>p</i> < 0.001). All adjusted models had low diagnostic capability (0.08/0.03, 0.07/0.03, and 0.06/0.02 respectively).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusion</h3><p>Based on these results, the 3-factors model reported a very low diagnostic accuracy, and the 4 or 11-factors models showed similar low accuracy. No improvement was observed after adjusting for other aspects of weaning.</p>","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142935021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How we use ultrasound in the management of weaning from mechanical ventilation","authors":"Pieter R. Tuinman, Zhonghua Shi, Leo Heunks","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07753-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07753-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A video-based approach to decipher intubation decisions for the critically ill","authors":"Guillaume Dumas, Jean-Rémi Lavillegrand, Elie Azoulay","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07765-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07765-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Virginia Newcombe, Paul M. Brennan, Giuseppe Citerio
{"title":"What’s new: the Glasgow Coma Scale at 50—evolution and future directions","authors":"Virginia Newcombe, Paul M. Brennan, Giuseppe Citerio","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07757-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07757-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142934525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Intensive Care MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07707-x
Rodrigo A Cornejo, Roberto Brito, Daniel H Arellano, Caio C A Morais
{"title":"Non-synchronized unassisted spontaneous ventilation may minimize the risk of high global tidal volume and transpulmonary pressure, but it is not free from pendelluft.","authors":"Rodrigo A Cornejo, Roberto Brito, Daniel H Arellano, Caio C A Morais","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07707-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00134-024-07707-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"194-196"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Intensive Care MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07710-2
Yuxian Wang, Shengyu Hao, Jieqiong Song, Ming Zhong
{"title":"Reflections on awake prone positioning in COVID-19: considerations on body inclination, respiratory support, and patient variability.","authors":"Yuxian Wang, Shengyu Hao, Jieqiong Song, Ming Zhong","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07710-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00134-024-07710-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"237-238"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142568381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Intensive Care MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-12-11DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07730-y
Patricia Mesa, Katarzyna Kotfis
{"title":"Identifying and treating hypoactive delirium: back to square one? Authors' reply.","authors":"Patricia Mesa, Katarzyna Kotfis","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07730-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00134-024-07730-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"203-204"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142806308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Intensive Care MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-11-20DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07729-5
Ling Liu, Qin Sun, Yi Yang, Haibo Qiu, Arthur S Slutsky
{"title":"Individualized response to awake prone positioning in COVID-19 patients: need deeper insights.","authors":"Ling Liu, Qin Sun, Yi Yang, Haibo Qiu, Arthur S Slutsky","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07729-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00134-024-07729-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"239-240"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142675823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Intensive Care MedicinePub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-01-07DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07740-w
Inés Lipperheide-Vallhonrat, Hector Villanueva-Fernández, Miguel Angel Romera-Ortega, Ana Amaro-Harpigny, Carlos Chamorro-Jambrina
{"title":"Septic shock and autonomic nervous system.","authors":"Inés Lipperheide-Vallhonrat, Hector Villanueva-Fernández, Miguel Angel Romera-Ortega, Ana Amaro-Harpigny, Carlos Chamorro-Jambrina","doi":"10.1007/s00134-024-07740-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00134-024-07740-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"192"},"PeriodicalIF":27.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142948312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}