Early positive fluid balance is predictive for venous thromboembolism in critically ill surgical patients

Autor: Eric J. Ley, Navpreet K. Dhillon, Geena Conde, Daniel R. Margulies, Samantha Toscano, Ting-Lung Lin, Galinos Barmparas
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Surgery. 222:220-226
ISSN: 0002-9610
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.08.032
Popis: Positive fluid balance (FB) in the intensive care unit (ICU) may be a marker for increased venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk. We hypothesized that an early positive fluid balance (FB) would be associated with increased VTE occurrence.A single-center retrospective review of surgical ICU patients was conducted from May 2011 to December 2014. Patients with a VTE were compared to those who did not develop a VTE (NVTE).There were 619 patients analyzed with 77 (12.4%) diagnosed with a VTE; these patients had longer ventilator days (12.3 vs. 5.0 days, p 0.01) and ICU stays (10.3 vs. 6.4 days, p 0.01), and were more likely to have a net FB ≥ 4L over the first three days (62% vs. 44%, p 0.01). A FB ≥ 4L over the first three ICU days was an independent predictor of VTE (AOR 1.74, p = 0.04).Patients with an early positive FB are more likely to develop a VTE.
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