Overview of the current use of levosimendan in France: a prospective observational cohort study

Autor: Bernard Cholley, Mirela Bojan, Benoit Guillon, Emmanuel Besnier, Mathieu Mattei, Bruno Levy, Alexandre Ouattara, Nadir Tafer, Clément Delmas, David Tonon, Bertrand Rozec, Jean-Luc Fellahi, Pascal Lim, François Labaste, François Roubille, Thibaut Caruba, Philippe Mauriat, for the ARCOTHOVA study group
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Annals of Intensive Care, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2110-5820
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-023-01164-3
Popis: Abstract Background Following the results of randomized controlled trials on levosimendan, French health authorities requested an update of the current use and side-effects of this medication on a national scale. Method The France-LEVO registry was a prospective observational cohort study reflecting the indications, dosing regimens, and side-effects of levosimendan, as well as patient outcomes over a year. Results The patients included (n = 602) represented 29.6% of the national yearly use of levosimendan in France. They were treated for cardiogenic shock (n = 250, 41.5%), decompensated heart failure (n = 127, 21.1%), cardiac surgery-related low cardiac output prophylaxis and/or treatment (n = 86, 14.3%), and weaning from veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (n = 82, 13.6%). They received 0.18 ± 0.07 µg/kg/min levosimendan over 26 ± 8 h. An initial bolus was administered in 45 patients (7.5%), 103 (17.1%) received repeated infusions, and 461 (76.6%) received inotropes and or vasoactive agents concomitantly. Hypotension was reported in 218 patients (36.2%), atrial fibrillation in 85 (14.1%), and serious adverse events in 17 (2.8%). 136 patients (22.6%) died in hospital, and 26 (4.3%) during the 90-day follow-up. Conclusions We observed that levosimendan was used in accordance with recent recommendations by French physicians. Hypotension and atrial fibrillation remained the most frequent side-effects, while serious adverse event potentially attributable to levosimendan were infrequent. The results suggest that this medication was safe and potentially associated with some benefit in the population studied.
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