Alexander Kaserer, Julia Braun, Alexander Mair, Samira Akbas, Julian Rössler, Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari, Matthias Turina, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Isabelle Opitz, Andreas Hülsmeier, Gergely Karsai, Greta Gasciauskaite, Gabriela H Spahn, Martin Schläpfer, Donat R Spahn
{"title":"Ferric carboxymaltose with or without phosphate substitution in iron deficiency or iron deficiency anemia before elective surgery - The DeFICIT trial.","authors":"Alexander Kaserer, Julia Braun, Alexander Mair, Samira Akbas, Julian Rössler, Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari, Matthias Turina, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Isabelle Opitz, Andreas Hülsmeier, Gergely Karsai, Greta Gasciauskaite, Gabriela H Spahn, Martin Schläpfer, Donat R Spahn","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111727","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Iron deficiency anemia in the perioperative setting is treated predominantly with intravenous iron formulation, of which ferric carboxymaltose may induce hypophosphatemia by modulating fibroblast growth factor 23.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this single-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind trial, we consented 92 adult patients scheduled for elective major abdominal or thoracic surgery. These patients either had isolated iron deficiency (plasma ferritin <100 ng/mL or transferrin saturation < 20 %) or iron deficiency anemia (hemoglobin (Hb) 100-130 g/L with plasma ferritin <100 ng/mL or transferrin saturation < 20 %). Preoperatively, participants received a single preoperative intravenous dose of ferric carboxymaltose and were then randomly assigned to receive either phosphate or placebo, administered orally three times a day for 30 days corresponding to an 18 mmol dose of daily phosphate supplementation in the intervention group. The primary endpoint was the minimum serum phosphate concentration during follow-up visits. The key secondary efficacy endpoint was mean perioperative hemoglobin concentration of postoperative days 0, 2 and 4, assessing the non-inferiority of additional phosphate supplementation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We randomly consented 46 patients in each group (mean ± SD age 56 ± 17 years, 57 % female). Minimal phosphate concentration was 0.49 ± 0.21 mmol/L in the treatment group and 0.42 ± 0.17 mmol/L in the placebo group (p = 0.12, two-sided p-value). Average mean hemoglobin was 110 ± 16 g/L in the treatment and 113 ± 13 g/L in the placebo group (p = 0.023, one-sided p-value for non-inferiority). Hypophosphatemia occurred in 32 patients (70 %) of the treatment group and in 39 patients (85 %) of the placebo group (odds ratio 0.15, 95 % CI from 0.02 to 0.77, p = 0.014). Secondary outcomes, such as rescue medication use, core muscle strength and MOCA test scores, did not differ between groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Co-administration of oral phosphate supplementation to ferric carboxymaltose cannot prevent hypophosphatemia. However, hypophosphatemia occurs in fewer patients. Phosphate co-administration did not impede the treatment of iron deficiency anemia with ferric carboxymaltose.</p>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"101 ","pages":"111727"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142822271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association between intraoperative blood pressure and postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery: A question yet to be resolved.","authors":"Jing Wang, Han Zhang, Tianlong Wang, Bingyang Ji","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111717","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"101 ","pages":"111717"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142818396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of formal neuraxial ultrasound teaching in anesthesiology residency: Resident survey results.","authors":"Alexander W M Hall, Reine Zbeidy","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111714","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"101 ","pages":"111714"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142813090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The dose matters!","authors":"Huan Hsu, Daniel I Sessler","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111713","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":"111713"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Calvin J de Wijs, Lucia W J M Streng, Robert Jan Stolker, Maarten Ter Horst, Ewout J Hoorn, Edris A F Mahtab, Egbert G Mik, Floor A Harms
{"title":"Mitochondrial oxygenation monitoring and acute kidney injury risk in cardiac surgery: A prospective cohort study.","authors":"Calvin J de Wijs, Lucia W J M Streng, Robert Jan Stolker, Maarten Ter Horst, Ewout J Hoorn, Edris A F Mahtab, Egbert G Mik, Floor A Harms","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111715","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is a common complication of cardiac surgery and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Recent guidelines emphasize the need for new monitoring methods to facilitate targeted CSA-AKI prevention and treatment strategies. In vivo real-time measurement of mitochondrial oxygen tension (mitoPO<sub>2</sub>), could potentially fulfil this role during cardiac surgery, as suggested in our previous pilot study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this prospective observational study, we investigated 75 cardiac surgery patients with an increased preoperative CSA-AKI risk. The primary aim of this study was to assess whether patients who developed CSA-AKI experienced prolonged periods of mitoPO<sub>2</sub> < 20 mmHg during surgery. mitoPO<sub>2</sub> was measured intraoperatively, and CSA-AKI was defined according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criteria. Four additional mitoPO<sub>2</sub> thresholds (<25, <30, <35, and < 40 mmHg) were analyzed, including the predictive capacity of all thresholds for CSA-AKI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study found that patients who developed CSA-AKI had a significantly longer intraoperative time with mitoPO<sub>2</sub> <20 mmHg and <25, <30, <35, and <40 mmHg. Subsequently, we tested all thresholds for their association with the risk of CSA-AKI, with the <25 mmHg threshold demonstrating the highest significant odds ratio. Every minute spent below <25 mmHg increased the risk of CSA-AKI by 0.7 % (P = 0.021).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlighted the association between mitoPO<sub>2</sub> and the onset of CSA-AKI. Extended durations below the mitoPO<sub>2</sub> threshold of 25 mmHg significantly correlate with an elevated CSA-AKI risk. Using mitoPO<sub>2</sub> as a monitoring tool shows promise in potentially predicting and possibly preventing CSA-AKI when used as a treatment trigger in cardiac surgery patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"101 ","pages":"111715"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Narmeen Abd El Qadir , Harrison N. Jones , David A. Leiman , Kathryn N. Porter Starr , Seth M. Cohen , National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Consortium
{"title":"Preoperative dysphagia and adverse postoperative outcomes in middle aged and older adults","authors":"Narmeen Abd El Qadir , Harrison N. Jones , David A. Leiman , Kathryn N. Porter Starr , Seth M. Cohen , National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Consortium","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111688","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111688","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Dysphagia is a swallowing impairment with adverse health consequences. The impact of preoperative dysphagia on postoperative outcomes is not known. This study will examine the association between preoperative dysphagia and postoperative outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This is a retrospective, observational study of patients ≥50 years of age undergoing surgery not directly involving the swallowing mechanism (i.e., oral cavity, larynx, pharynx, or esophagus). The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) database from January 1st, 2020 to August 31st, 2023 was used. The N3C database comprises electronic health record (EHR) data from more than 75 US health systems and harmonizes these data in a centralized resource. The main predictor was dysphagia with or without malnutrition in the 3 months prior to surgery. Logistic regression models assessed the association between our main predictor and outcomes of mortality, readmission, and medical/surgical complications adjusted for covariates. A negative binomial regression model was used for length of stay (LOS).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>380,869 adults ≥50 years old were included, mean age 66.0 (SD = 9.2), 52.6 % male. 7.9 % had dysphagia and/or malnutrition 3 months preoperatively including 3.0 % preoperative dysphagia alone, 3.8 % preoperative malnutrition alone, and 1.1 % both. Adjusted models demonstrated higher odds of mortality (1-year mortality odds ratio (OR) 1.37, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.29 to 1.44), readmission (90-day readmission OR 1.19, 95 % CI 1.14 to 1.24), and medical/surgical complications (OR 1.35, 95 % CI 1.28 to 1.42) among patients with 3 months preoperative dysphagia with or without malnutrition compared to patients with neither condition.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Patients with 3 months preoperative dysphagia with and without malnutrition had poor postoperative outcomes. These findings highlight the rationale for integrating dysphagia screening and intervention into routine preoperative protocols to mitigate the risk of adverse postoperative outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"100 ","pages":"Article 111688"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142721533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: Revealing new risk factors","authors":"C. Aydın , M. Engin , I. Sivri , A. Demirkıran","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111684","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111684","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"100 ","pages":"Article 111684"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142721534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is there a relationship between anesthesia/surgery and dementia?","authors":"Guillermo Lema MD , Fabrissio Grandi","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111682","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111682","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"100 ","pages":"Article 111682"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142721536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the editor on ‘Aspirin is associated with improved outcomes in patients with sepsis-induced myocardial injury: An analysis of the MIMIC-IV database’","authors":"Dandan Gu , Shaoyang Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111683","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111683","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"100 ","pages":"Article 111683"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142721535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ling Jiang M.D , Chengyu Wang M.D , Jie Tong M.D , Xiaodan Han pH.D , Changhong Miao pH.D , Chao Liang pH.D
{"title":"Comparison between thoracic epidural analgesia VS patient controlled analgesia on chronic postoperative pain after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: A prospective randomized controlled study","authors":"Ling Jiang M.D , Chengyu Wang M.D , Jie Tong M.D , Xiaodan Han pH.D , Changhong Miao pH.D , Chao Liang pH.D","doi":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111685","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jclinane.2024.111685","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Study objective</h3><div>To test the hypothesis that thoracic epidural anesthesia and analgesia (TEA) reduces the incidence of chronic postoperative pain (CPSP) after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>A single-center, single-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted.</div></div><div><h3>Setting</h3><div>The study was conducted in the operating room, with follow-up assessments performed in the ward. Telephone was used to follow the long-term outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Patients</h3><div>231 patients ≥18 years of age and scheduled for VATS.</div></div><div><h3>Interventions</h3><div>Patients were randomized into two groups, including an epidural block (EPI) group (general anesthesia with patient-controlled epidural analgesia) and a general anesthesia with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) group.</div></div><div><h3>Measurements</h3><div>The primary endpoint was the incidence of CPSP at 3 months postoperatively. CPSP data, including acute pain, neuropathic pain, depression, and side effects, were collected at 3 and 6 months postoperatively through telephone follow-up.</div></div><div><h3>Main results</h3><div>A total of 231 patients were analyzed, including 114 in the PCIA group and 117 in the EPI group. Sixty-six patients (56.4 %) in the PCIA group and 33 patients (28.9 %) in the EPI group experienced chronic pain at 3 months postoperatively. The odds ratio (OR) was 0.31 (95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.18 to 0.54; <em>P</em> < 0.0001). After adjusting for confounding factors, the adjusted OR was 0.28 (95 % CI, 0.16 to 0.50, <em>P</em> < 0.001). Six months postoperatively, 50 (42.7 %) and 17 (14.9 %) patients in the PCIA and EPI groups, respectively, were diagnosed with CPSP (<em>P</em> < 0.0001).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15506,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Anesthesia","volume":"100 ","pages":"Article 111685"},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142721606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}