Project description:Background: Proportions of patients dying from the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) vary between different countries. We report the characteristics; clinical course and outcome of patients requiring intensive care due to COVID-19 induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Methods: This is a retrospective, observational multicentre study in five German secondary or tertiary care hospitals. All patients consecutively admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in any of the participating hospitals between March 12 and May 4, 2020 with a COVID-19 induced ARDS were included. Results: A total of 106 ICU patients were treated for COVID-19 induced ARDS, whereas severe ARDS was present in the majority of cases. Survival of ICU treatment was 65.0%. Median duration of ICU treatment was 11 days; median duration of mechanical ventilation was 9 days. The majority of ICU treated patients (75.5%) did not receive any antiviral or anti-inflammatory therapies. Venovenous (vv) ECMO was utilized in 16.3%. ICU triage with population-level decision making was not necessary at any time. Univariate analysis associated older age, diabetes mellitus or a higher SOFA score on admission with non-survival during ICU stay. Conclusions: A high level of care adhering to standard ARDS treatments lead to a good outcome in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
Project description:ObjectiveWe evaluated pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) with multiple programmed levels of positive end expiratory pressure (programmed multi-level ventilation; PMLV) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).MethodsWe conducted a multicenter, retrospective study from November 2020 to February 2021. PMLV was used with PCV in all patients with intensive care admission until improvement in oxygenation (fraction of inspired oxygen [FiO2] ≤0.50 and oxygen saturation [SpO2] >92%). The observed outcomes were improvement of hypoxemia, length of mechanical ventilation, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) stability, and adverse events.ResultsOf 188 mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19-related ARDS, we analyzed 60 patients treated with PMLV. Hypoxemia improved in 55 (92%) patients, as measured by the change in partial pressure of oxygen/FiO2 and SpO2/FiO2 ratios on day 3 versus day 1, and in 32 (66%) ventilated patients on day 7 versus day 3. The median (interquartile range) length of mechanical ventilation for survivors and non-survivors was 8.4 (4.7-14.9) and 6.7 (3.6-10.3) days, respectively.ConclusionsPMLV appears to be a safe and effective ventilation strategy for improving hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19-related ARDS. Further studies are needed comparing the PMLV mode with the conventional ARDS ventilatory approach.
Project description:Mesenchymal stromal cells are a potential therapeutic for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome due to COVID-19, with pleiotropic immunomodulatory and reparative properties.This study investigated the safety and efficacy of ORBCEL-C (CD362 enriched umbilical cord-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells) in this patient population.
Project description:BackgroundBefore the pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rapidly improving acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mostly defined by early extubation, had been recognized as an increasingly prevalent subphenotype (making up 15-24% of all ARDS cases), associated with good prognosis (10% mortality in ARDSNet trials). We attempted to determine the prevalence and prognosis of rapidly improving ARDS and of persistent severe ARDS related to COVID-19.MethodsWe included consecutive patients with COVID-19 receiving invasive mechanical ventilation in three intensive care units (ICU) during the second pandemic wave in Greece. We defined rapidly improving ARDS as extubation or a partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen ratio (PaO2:FiO2) greater than 300 on the first day following intubation. We defined persistent severe ARDS as PaO2:FiO2 of equal to or less than 100 on the second day following intubation.ResultsA total of 280 intubated patients met criteria of ARDS with a median PaO2:FiO2 of 125.0 (interquartile range 93.0-161.0) on day of intubation, and overall ICU-mortality of 52.5% (ranging from 24.3 to 66.9% across the three participating sites). Prevalence of rapidly improving ARDS was 3.9% (11 of 280 patients); no extubation occurred on the first day following intubation. ICU-mortality of patients with rapidly improving ARDS was 54.5%. This low prevalence and high mortality rate of rapidly improving ARDS were consistent across participating sites. Prevalence of persistent severe ARDS was 12.1% and corresponding mortality was 82.4%.ConclusionsRapidly improving ARDS was not prevalent and was not associated with good prognosis among patients with COVID-19. This is starkly different from what has been previously reported for patients with ARDS not related to COVID-19. Our results on both rapidly improving ARDS and persistent severe ARDS may contribute to our understanding of trajectory of ARDS and its association with prognosis in patients with COVID-19.
Project description:BackgroundMitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been reported to play a critical role in the progression of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). The pathophysiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is mainly attributed to the diffuse injury of alveolar epithelial cells caused by dysregulated inflammation upon direct or indirect insults. We hypothesized that plasma mtDNA may serve as an early biomarker that can predict the outcome of patients with ARDS.MethodsThis study was conducted in the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, a tertiary teaching hospital, from 1 May 2016 to 31 January 2017. Patients diagnosed with ARDS at admission were screened. The levels of plasma mtDNA on Day 1, Day 3 and Day 7 were detected by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). The patients were followed-up, and all-cause mortality was recorded. The prognostic values of plasma mtDNA were evaluated in ARDS patients using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.ResultsIn total, 136 patients with ARDS were prospectively screened, and 73 patients were finally enrolled, with a 28-day mortality of 39.7% (29 of 73 patients). The plasma mtDNA levels at Day 7 of mild, moderate and severe ARDS patients were 1,230 (588-22,387), 5,370 (628-13,052) and 15,792 (1,623-186,814), respectively (copies/µL, P<0.05) Compared with the survivors, the level of plasma mtDNA in the nonsurvivors was significantly higher on Day 7 [67,608 (19,498-346,736) vs. 7,585 (1,717-15,792) copies/µL; P<0.05]. The AUROC of plasma mtDNA on Day 7 for predictive mortality in patients with ARDS was 0.74, and the optimal cut-off value was 18,640 copies/µL.ConclusionsPlasma mtDNA levels were positively associated with the severity of ARDS. Higher plasma mtDNA levels on Day 7 indicated a poor outcome in ARDS patients.