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      Caracterización de pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica en la unidad de cuidados intensivos Translated title: Characterization of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases at the Intensive Care Unit

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          RESUMEN Introducción: La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica se caracteriza por la limitación del flujo aéreo, no completamente reversible, progresiva y asociada a respuesta inflamatoria anormal de los pulmones. Objetivos: Caracterizar a pacientes con antecedentes de enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, ingresados en cuidados intensivos. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo en una serie de 347 pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica ingresados en cuidados intensivos. Se estudiaron las variables edad, sexo, causa de ingreso, estado al egreso, valor de la escala APACHE II al ingreso, ventilación mecánica invasiva, traqueostomía, y causa directa de muerte según necropsias realizadas. Se calcularon distribuciones de frecuencia absoluta y relativa, medidas de tendencia central y para comparación, las pruebas de ji cuadrado y t de Student, con un nivel de significación del 5 %. Resultados: La edad media fue de 72,1 ± 8,2 años. Predominaron el sexo femenino (52,7 %) y el grupo de edad de 60-79 años (67,1 %). La proporción sexo femenino/ masculino fue de 1,1:1,0. Egresaron fallecidos 64,8 % de los pacientes. Hubo diferencias significativas entre la edad media de los fallecidos y los vivos (p = 0,001). La causa de ingreso clínico tuvo el mayor número de ingresos (86,7 %). La media del valor del APACHE II fue superior en los fallecidos (21,0 vs. 15,2). El 81,3 % de los pacientes recibió ventilación mecánica, y al 17,3 % se le realizó traqueostomía. La principal causa de muerte fue la bronconeumonía bacteriana (67,2 %). Conclusiones: Los pacientes con enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica ingresados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos tienen alta mortalidad y está asociada a tres principales causas directas de muertes: bronconeumonía bacteriana, tromboembolismo pulmonar y el choque séptico.

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          ABSTRACT Introduction: COPD is characterized by limitation of the airflow, progressive, partially reversible and associated to an abnormal inflammatory responsive of the lungs. Objective: To characterize patients with COPD admitted at the Intensive Care Unit. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective study was carried out in a series of 347 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admitted to intensive care. The variables age, sex, cause of admission, discharge status, APACHE II scale value at admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, tracheostomy, and direct cause of death according to autopsies performed were studied. Absolute and relative frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, and for comparison, the chi-square and Student's t tests were calculated, with a significance level of 5%. Results: The mean age was of 72,1 ± 8,2 years. The female sex (52.7%) and the age group of 60-79 years (67.1%) predominated. The female / male sex ratio was 1.1: 1.0. 64.8% of the patients were discharged dead. There were significant differences between the mean age of the deceased and the living (p = 0.001). The cause of clinical admission had the highest number of admissions (86.7%). The mean APACHE II value was higher in the deceased (21.0 vs. 15.2). 81.3% of the patients received mechanical ventilation, and 17.3% underwent a tracheostomy. The main cause of death was bacterial bronchopneumonia (67.2%). Conclusions: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease admitted to the intensive care unit have high mortality and it is associated with three main direct causes of death: bacterial bronchopneumonia, pulmonary thromboembolism and septic shock.

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            Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as a disease of early aging: Evidence from the EpiChron Cohort

            Background Aging is an important risk factor for most chronic diseases. Patients with COPD develop more comorbidities than non-COPD subjects. We hypothesized that the development of comorbidities characteristically affecting the elderly occur at an earlier age in subjects with the diagnosis of COPD. Methods and findings We included all subjects carrying the diagnosis of COPD (n = 27,617), and a similar number of age and sex matched individuals without the diagnosis, extracted from the 727,241 records of individuals 40 years and older included in the EpiChron Cohort (Aragon, Spain). We compared the cumulative number of comorbidities, their prevalence and the mortality risk between both groups. Using network analysis, we explored the connectivity between comorbidities and the most influential comorbidities in both groups. We divided the groups into 5 incremental age categories and compared their comorbidity networks. We then selected those comorbidities known to affect primarily the elderly and compared their prevalence across the 5 age groups. In addition, we replicated the analysis in the smokers’ subgroup to correct for the confounding effect of cigarette smoking. Subjects with COPD had more comorbidities and died at a younger age compared to controls. Comparison of both cohorts across 5 incremental age groups showed that the number of comorbidities, the prevalence of diseases characteristic of aging and network’s density for the COPD group aged 56–65 were similar to those of non-COPD 15 to 20 years older. The findings persisted after adjusting for smoking. Conclusion Multimorbidity increases with age but in patients carrying the diagnosis of COPD, these comorbidities are seen at an earlier age.
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              Acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

              Abstract There are limited data on the epidemiology of acute respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The prognosis of acute respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation is believed to be grim in this population. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the epidemiologic characteristics and outcomes of patients with underlying severe COPD requiring mechanical ventilation. A retrospective study of patients admitted to a quaternary referral medical intensive care unit (ICU) between January 2008 and December 2012 with a diagnosis of severe COPD and requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure. We evaluated 670 patients with an established diagnosis of severe COPD requiring mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure of whom 47% were male with a mean age of 63.7 ± 12.4 years and Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE) III score of 76.3 ± 27.2. Only seventy-nine (12%) were admitted with a COPD exacerbation, 27(4%) had acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), 78 (12%) had pneumonia, 78 (12%) had sepsis, and 312 (47%) had other causes of respiratory failure, including pulmonary embolism, pneumothorax, etc. Eighteen percent of the patients received a trial of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. The median duration of mechanical ventilation was 3 days (interquartile range IQR 2–7); the median duration for ICU length of stay (LOS) was 5 (IQR 2–9) days and the median duration of hospital LOS was 12 (IQR 7–22) days. The overall ICU mortality was 25%. Patients with COPD exacerbation had a shorter median duration of mechanical ventilation (2 vs 4 days; P = .04), ICU (3 vs 5 days; P = .01), and hospital stay (10 vs 13 days; P = .01). The ICU mortality (9% vs 27%; P < .001), and the hospital mortality (17% vs 32%; P = .004) for mechanically ventilated patients with an acute exacerbation of severe COPD were lower than those with other etiologies of acute respiratory failure. A 1-unit increase in the APACHE III score was associated with a 1% decrease and having an active cancer was associated with a 45% decrease in ICU survival (P < .001). A discharge home at the time of index admission was associated an increased overall survival compared with any other discharge location (P < .001). We report good early outcomes, but significant long-term morbidity in patients with severe COPD requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure. A higher APACHE score and presence of active malignancy are associated with a decrease in ICU survival, whereas a discharge home is associated with an increase in the overall survival.
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                Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
                Rev Cub Med Mil
                ECIMED (Ciudad de la Habana, , Cuba )
                0138-6557
                1561-3046
                December 2021
                : 50
                : 4
                : e1407
                Affiliations
                [1] La Habana orgnameHospital Militar Central “Dr. Carlos J. Finlay” Cuba
                [2] La Habana orgnameHospital Clínica de 42 Cuba
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                S0138-65572021000400004 S0138-6557(21)05000400004
                aa048ae2-efcc-4eac-8642-4904a825e8ef

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                : 04 May 2021
                : 13 September 2021
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                chronic obstruct pulmonary disease,mortalidad,unidad de cuidados intensivos,enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica,mortality,intensive care unit

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