Determinants of complications with recombinant factor VIIa for refractory blood loss in cardiac surgery
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- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 53 (8), 802-809
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03022797
Abstract
Recombinant factor VIIa (rFVIIa) is being used for refractory, excessive blood loss (EBL) after cardiac surgery, but its safety for this indication is not known. The unadjusted and risk-adjusted adverse event (AE) rates were compared between 114 consecutive cardiac surgical patients who received rFVIIa for refractory EBL and 541 concurrent patients who developed EBL but did not receive rFVIIa. Similarly, timing of rFVIIa therapy was assessed by dichotomizing rFVIIa patients based on median number of red blood cell (RBC) units received before therapy. The measured AE was a composite of death, stroke, renal failure, myocardial infarction, and major vein thrombosis. For risk adjustment, logistic regression models for this outcome were constructed using known predictors of AEs. The median RBC units transfused before rFVIIa therapy was eight. The AE rates in the untreated, early (≤ 8 U), and late (> 8 U) treated patients were 24% (129/541), 30% (20/66), and 60% (29/48). The risk-adjustment model included total RBC units, pump time, weaning difficulty, gender, weight, and age. The unadjusted and adjusted AE odds ratios (OR) in the treatedvs untreated groups were 2.41 [confidence interval (CI) 1.58 -3.67;P < 0.0001 ] and 1.04 (CI 0.60 — 1.81 ;P = 0.9). In the rFVIIa group, the adjusted AE OR was lower in the early treated group (OR 0.41; CI 0.18 — 0.92;P = 0.03). In cardiac surgical patients with refractory hemorrhage, rFVIIa therapy is not associated with increased risk of AEs, and early treatment may be associated with better outcomes. Le facteur VIIa recombinant (rFVIIa) est utilisé pour traiter les pertes sanguines excessives (PSE) réfractaires après une opération cardiaque sans qu’on en connaisse l’innocuité. Les taux d’événements indésirables (EI) non ajustés et ajustés en fonction des risques ont été comparés entre 114 patients consécutifs de cardiochirurgie ayant reçu le rFVIIa pour des PSE et 541 patients consécutifs qui ont eu des PSE mais pas de rFVIIa. De même, la programmation du traitement au rFVIIa a été étudiée par une division dichotomique des patients, recevant le rFVIIa, fondée sur le nombre médian d’unités de culots globulaires (CG) reçues avant le traitement. Les EI étaient la mort, l’accident vasculaire, l’insuffisance rénale, l’infarctus du myocarde et la thrombose veineuse majeure. Des modèles de régression logistique ont été construits pour ajuster le risque en utilisant les prédicteurs connus d’EI. La médiane des unités de CG transfusées avant le traitement au rFVIIa a été de huit. Les taux d’EI chez les patients non traités, traités tôt (≤ 8 U) et tard (> 8 U) ont été de 24 % (129/541), 30 % (20/66) et 60 % (29/48). Le modèle d’ajustement du risque comprenait le nombre total d’unités de CG, le temps de perfusion, les difficultés de sevrage, le sexe, le poids et l’âge. Les risques relatifs (RR) d’EI non ajustés et ajustés chez les patients traités vs non traités ont été de 2,41 [intervalle de confiance (IC) de 1,58 -3,67 ;P< 0,0001] et 1,04 (IC 0,60-1,81 ;P = 0,9). Dans le groupe rFVIIa, le RR d’EI ajusté a été plus bas chez les patients traités tôt (RR 0,41 ; IC 0,18 — 0,92 ; P = 0,03). Chez les patients de cardiochirurgie victimes d’hémorragie réfractaire, le traitement au rFVIIa n’est pas associéKeywords
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