A randomized trial of the effects of nebulized albuterol on pulmonary edema in brain-dead organ donors

Autor: Ware, LB, Landeck, M, Koyama, T, Zhao, Z, Singer, J, Kern, R, Neidlinger, N, Nguyen, J, Johnson, E, Janz, DR, Bernard, GR, Lee, JW, Matthay, MA, California Transplant Donor Network
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, vol 14, iss 3
Popis: Donor lung utilization rates are persistently low primarily due to donor lung dysfunction. We hypothesized that a treatment that enhances the resolution of pulmonary edema by stimulating the rate of alveolar fluid clearance would improve donor oxygenation and increase donor lung utilization. We conducted a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial of aerosolized albuterol (5mg q4h) versus saline placebo during active donor management in 506 organ donors.The primary outcome was change in oxygenation arterial partial pressure of oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen [PaO2/FiO2] from enrollment to organ procurement.The albuterol (n¼260) and placebo (n¼246)groups were well matched for age, gender, ethnicity,smoking, and cause of brain death. The change in PaO2/FiO2 from enrollment to organ procurement did not differ between treatment groups (p¼0.54) nor did donor lung utilization (albuterol 29% vs. placebo 32%,p¼0.44). Donors in the albuterol versus placebo groups were more likely to have the study drug dose reduced (13% vs. 1%, p
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