Division of Respiratory Care, Department of Cardiopulmonary Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, 600 S Paulina St, Suite 765, Chicago, IL, USA.
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Crit Care. 2021 Sep 17;25(1):340. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03761-9.
Awake prone positioning (APP) is widely used in the management of patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The primary objective of this study was to compare the outcome of COVID-19 patients who received early versus late APP.
Post hoc analysis of data collected for a randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04325906). Adult patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 who received APP for at least one hour were included. Early prone positioning was defined as APP initiated within 24 h of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) start. Primary outcomes were 28-day mortality and intubation rate.
We included 125 patients (79 male) with a mean age of 62 years. Of them, 92 (73.6%) received early APP and 33 (26.4%) received late APP. Median time from HFNC initiation to APP was 2.25 (0.8-12.82) vs 36.35 (30.2-75.23) hours in the early and late APP group (p < 0.0001), respectively. Average APP duration was 5.07 (2.0-9.05) and 3.0 (1.09-5.64) hours per day in early and late APP group (p < 0.0001), respectively. The early APP group had lower mortality compared to the late APP group (26% vs 45%, p = 0.039), but no difference was found in intubation rate. Advanced age (OR 1.12 [95% CI 1.0-1.95], p = 0.001), intubation (OR 10.65 [95% CI 2.77-40.91], p = 0.001), longer time to initiate APP (OR 1.02 [95% CI 1.0-1.04], p = 0.047) and hydrocortisone use (OR 6.2 [95% CI 1.23-31.1], p = 0.027) were associated with increased mortality.
Early initiation (< 24 h of HFNC use) of APP in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 improves 28-day survival. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04325906.
清醒俯卧位(APP)在冠状病毒病(COVID-19)患者的管理中被广泛应用。本研究的主要目的是比较接受早期 APP 和晚期 APP 的 COVID-19 患者的结局。
对一项随机对照试验(ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04325906)的数据进行了事后分析。纳入了接受 APP 治疗至少 1 小时的急性低氧性呼吸衰竭继发于 COVID-19 的成年患者。早期俯卧位定义为在高流量鼻导管(HFNC)开始后 24 小时内开始 APP。主要结局为 28 天死亡率和插管率。
我们纳入了 125 名(79 名男性)平均年龄为 62 岁的患者。其中,92 名(73.6%)接受了早期 APP,33 名(26.4%)接受了晚期 APP。早期 APP 组从 HFNC 开始到 APP 的中位时间为 2.25(0.8-12.82)小时,而晚期 APP 组为 36.35(30.2-75.23)小时(p<0.0001)。早期 APP 组的 APP 平均持续时间为 5.07(2.0-9.05)小时/天,晚期 APP 组为 3.0(1.09-5.64)小时/天(p<0.0001)。与晚期 APP 组相比,早期 APP 组的死亡率较低(26%比 45%,p=0.039),但插管率无差异。高龄(OR 1.12 [95%CI 1.0-1.95],p=0.001)、插管(OR 10.65 [95%CI 2.77-40.91],p=0.001)、APP 开始时间延长(OR 1.02 [95%CI 1.0-1.04],p=0.047)和使用氢化可的松(OR 6.2 [95%CI 1.23-31.1],p=0.027)与死亡率增加相关。
急性低氧性呼吸衰竭继发于 COVID-19 的患者中,早期(HFNC 使用<24 小时)开始 APP 可提高 28 天生存率。试验注册 ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04325906。