Javier A Neyra,Jorge Echeverri,Daniel Bronson-Lowe,Caio Plopper,Kai Harenski,Raghavan Murugan
{"title":"Association of hospital-level continuous kidney replacement therapy use and mortality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.","authors":"Javier A Neyra,Jorge Echeverri,Daniel Bronson-Lowe,Caio Plopper,Kai Harenski,Raghavan Murugan","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-07993-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07993-z","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSEIn numerous high-risk medical and surgical conditions, an increased volume of patients and procedures is associated with improved processes and survival. This study examined the association of hospital-level continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) utilization rates with all-cause hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).METHODSThis multicenter cohort study used data from patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) within the Premier Incorporated AI (PINC-AI) database. Patients were critically ill adults with AKI receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in U.S. hospitals that offered both CKRT and intermittent hemodialysis. Hospitals were characterized according to their CKRT utilization in the ICU, and risk-adjusted association with all-cause hospital mortality by day 90 was estimated.RESULTSAmong 49,685 patients with AKI admitted to 426 acute care U.S. hospitals and treated with KRT in the ICU, a higher hospital-level CKRT utilization rate was associated with lower patient-level risk-adjusted hospital mortality. Hospitals with higher CKRT utilization rates (CKRT use in ≥ 31.5% of KRT patients per year) had a 15% lower adjusted probability of death compared with hospitals with lower CKRT utilization rates (CKRT use in < 8% of KRT patients per year). When compared with the first quartile of hospital-level CKRT use, the third (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 0.93, 95%CI: 0.89-0.98) and fourth (aHR, 0.85, 95%CI: 0.81-0.89) quartiles were associated with lower risk-adjusted hospital mortality. Findings were consistent in several sensitivity analyses.CONCLUSIONSAmong critically ill adults with AKI requiring KRT, treatment in hospitals with higher CKRT utilization rates was associated with reduced hospital mortality.","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144521224","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":"Self-reported symptoms in ICU patients and their impact on long-term outcomes-a prospective multicenter study.","authors":"Christin Saltnes-Lillegård,Tone Rustøen,Sigrid Beitland,Kathleen Puntillo,Milada Hagen,Kristin Hofsø","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-07995-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07995-x","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSEThe aim was to identify possible associations between patient symptom subgroups, identified while in the ICU, adjusted for clinical and demographic variables and PICS outcomes, three months after ICU admission.METHODSA prospective multi-center cohort study. Based on reported symptom prevalence in the ICU, patients were categorized into a Low, Middle or High symptom subgroup. PICS outcomes were measured using validated questionnaires (i.e., Katz Index; Cognitive Failure questionnaire, The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Impact of Event Scale) three months after ICU admission. Possible associations between ICU symptom subgroups and dichotomized PICS outcomes were modeled using conditional backward logistic regression.RESULTSWe included 175 patients with a median age of 62 years (interquartile range 49-70) and 65.1% were males. Three months after ICU admission, 23.5% had physical disability, 12.1% cognitive failure, 18.3% anxiety, 16.6% depression, and 16.7% post-traumatic stress. In multivariate analyses, patients in the High symptom subgroup compared to Low/Middle symptom subgroups had higher odds for worse outcomes in all PICS domains. The odds ratios (95%CI) were 3.31 (1.25-8.78) for physical disability, 3.56 (1.20-10.60) for cognitive failure, 3.70 (1.41-9.67) for anxiety, 4.74 (1.79-12.58) for depression and 4.38 (1.49-12.84) for post-traumatic stress, respectively.CONCLUSIONA subgroup of patients with high symptom burden during ICU stay had worse physical, cognitive and mental health outcomes three months after ICU admission compared to patients with medium/low symptom burden. Future studies are needed to evaluate if early interventions in the ICU can reduce long-time burden in the PICS domains in ICU survivors.","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144521222","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":"The dawn of target trials in intensive care: time to move beyond association is not causation.","authors":"Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-08013-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-08013-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144521231","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":"High mean arterial pressure (MAP) targets in septic shock: one size does not fit all. Authors' reply.","authors":"Akira Endo,Kazuma Yamakawa,Takashi Tagami,Yutaka Umemura","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-07997-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07997-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488294","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":"Palliative care in the ICU: from oxymoron to standard of care.","authors":"Nancy Kentish-Barnes,Judith E Nelson","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-07986-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07986-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488014","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":"Vulnerability through art: a path forward.","authors":"Lydia I Healy,Andrew Helmers,Briseida Mema","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-07996-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07996-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488015","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}
Didier Tassaux,Pia De Stefano,Hannah Wozniak,Filippo Boroli,Hervé Quintard
{"title":"Beyond delegation: on the reflective transformation of clinical practice in the age of artificial intelligence.","authors":"Didier Tassaux,Pia De Stefano,Hannah Wozniak,Filippo Boroli,Hervé Quintard","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-08006-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-08006-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144488016","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":"Central venous pressure: current uses and prospects for an old parameter.","authors":"Morgan Caplan,Michelle S Chew,Olfa Hamzaoui","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-07975-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07975-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478710","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":"Mathematical modelling of the airflow in the subglottic space during above cuff vocalisation: Estimating optimal airflow application.","authors":"Claire S Mills,Shilpa N Namboodiri,Peter Culmer","doi":"10.1007/s00134-025-08005-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-08005-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13665,"journal":{"name":"Intensive Care Medicine","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":38.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144478711","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}