Influence of Intraoperative Fluid Balance on the Incidence of Adverse Events in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The intraoperative fluid balance during pediatric cardiac surgery is a very sensitive parameter given the low circulating volume and the complexity of anesthetic management but might be deleterious if inadequately managed. The hypothesis is that a highly positive intraoperative fluid balance increases the incidence of adverse events in the short and long term.
A retrospective observational study including all consecutive children admitted for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) from 2008 to 2018 in a tertiary children's hospital will be performed. A multivariate analysis will be carried out to study the effect of the fluid balance on the incidence of adverse events.
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Pediatric cardiac surgery The group consists of all the children who undergo cardiac surgery in our institution from 2008 to 2018. The age limit was from birth to 16 years old. |
Drug: Fluid balance
The intervention consists of classic and standardized anesthesia management of children undergoing cardiac surgery. All the data links to the fluid management will be extracted from the patient's chart in the intraoperative period as well as complications during the hospitalization in the postoperative period.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Severe postoperative morbidity [From intervention until 28 days postoperatively]
Severe postoperative morbidity will be characterized as the presence of two or more of the following situations: respiratory failure, prolonged inotropic support, or renal failure. Respiratory failure will be defined as the requirement for mechanical ventilation for >82 hours at any time from Pediatric Intensive Care Unit admission to the time of tracheal extubation. Prolonged inotropic support will be characterized as hemodynamic support by continuous vasoactive drug infusion for >48 hours postoperatively (excluding dopamine or dobutamine ≤5 μg/kg/min). Renal failure will be characterized as the worst estimated postoperative creatinine clearance (eCCr) value showing a ≥75% reduction compared with the preoperative baseline eCCr.
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Incidence of new Neurological deficits [From intervention until 28 days postoperatively]
Neurological deficit will be characterized as a transient or permanent functional abnormality in a body region due to a reduction of brain function. The measurement will be the incidence of ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke and cognitive dysfunctions.
- Incidence of new infections [From intervention until 28 days postoperatively]
Infection will be characterized as the need for antibiotics other than the usual anti-staphylococcal prophylaxis initiated by the attending intensive care physician for a suspected or proven infection caused by any pathogen or for a clinical syndrome associated with a high probability of infection. Measurement will be the number of patients with new infections corresponding to this definition.
- Duration of mechanical ventilation [From intervention until 28 days postoperatively]
Delay between the end of the operation and the extubation of the patient.
- PICU and hospital length of stay [From intervention until 28 days postoperatively]
Delay between the end of the operation and the exit of the patient of the Pediatric Intensive care Unit and the delay between the end of the operation and the exit of the institution.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Children aged 0-16 years and
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Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and
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operated between 2008 and 2018 at the Queen Fabiola University Children's Hospital (tertiary children's hospital)
Exclusion Criteria:
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ASA (American Society of Anesthesiologists) score of 5
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Jehovah's Witnesses
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incomplete hospital record
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola | Brussels | Belgium | 1020 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Brugmann University Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Denis Schmartz, MD, Brugmann University Hospital & HUDERF
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- Agarwal HS, Wolfram KB, Saville BR, Donahue BS, Bichell DP. Postoperative complications and association with outcomes in pediatric cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug;148(2):609-16.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.031. Epub 2013 Nov 23.
- Holte K, Sharrock NE, Kehlet H. Pathophysiology and clinical implications of perioperative fluid excess. Br J Anaesth. 2002 Oct;89(4):622-32. Review.
- Lex DJ, Tóth R, Czobor NR, Alexander SI, Breuer T, Sápi E, Szatmári A, Székely E, Gál J, Székely A. Fluid Overload Is Associated With Higher Mortality and Morbidity in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Apr;17(4):307-14. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000659.
- Seguin J, Albright B, Vertullo L, Lai P, Dancea A, Bernier PL, Tchervenkov CI, Calaritis C, Drullinsky D, Gottesman R, Zappitelli M. Extent, risk factors, and outcome of fluid overload after pediatric heart surgery*. Crit Care Med. 2014 Dec;42(12):2591-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000517.
- Stein A, de Souza LV, Belettini CR, Menegazzo WR, Viégas JR, Costa Pereira EM, Eick R, Araújo L, Consolim-Colombo F, Irigoyen MC. Fluid overload and changes in serum creatinine after cardiac surgery: predictors of mortality and longer intensive care stay. A prospective cohort study. Crit Care. 2012 May 31;16(3):R99. doi: 10.1186/cc11368.
- Székely A, Sápi E, Király L, Szatmári A, Dinya E. Intraoperative and postoperative risk factors for prolonged mechanical ventilation after pediatric cardiac surgery. Paediatr Anaesth. 2006 Nov;16(11):1166-75.
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