Intracranial hemorrhage in COVID-19 patients during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: a nationwide register study report.
Crit Care
; 26(1): 83, 2022 03 28.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1765459
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In severe cases, SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), often treated by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). During ECMO therapy, anticoagulation is crucial to prevent device-associated thrombosis and device failure, however, it is associated with bleeding complications. In COVID-19, additional pathologies, such as endotheliitis, may further increase the risk of bleeding complications. To assess the frequency of bleeding events, we analyzed data from the German COVID-19 autopsy registry (DeRegCOVID).METHODS:
The electronic registry uses a web-based electronic case report form. In November 2021, the registry included N = 1129 confirmed COVID-19 autopsy cases, with data on 63 ECMO autopsy cases and 1066 non-ECMO autopsy cases, contributed from 29 German sites.FINDINGS:
The registry data showed that ECMO was used in younger male patients and bleeding events occurred much more frequently in ECMO cases compared to non-ECMO cases (56% and 9%, respectively). Similarly, intracranial bleeding (ICB) was documented in 21% of ECMO cases and 3% of non-ECMO cases and was classified as the immediate or underlying cause of death in 78% of ECMO cases and 37% of non-ECMO cases. In ECMO cases, the three most common immediate causes of death were multi-organ failure, ARDS and ICB, and in non-ECMO cases ARDS, multi-organ failure and pulmonary bacterial ± fungal superinfection, ordered by descending frequency.INTERPRETATION:
Our study suggests the potential value of autopsies and a joint interdisciplinary multicenter (national) approach in addressing fatal complications in COVID-19.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Respiratory Insufficiency
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Crit Care
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13054-022-03945-x
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