Ventilator-associated pneumonia during weaning from mechanical ventilation: Role of fluid management

Armand Mekontso Dessap, Sandrine Katsahian, Ferran Roche-Campo, Hugo Varet, Achille Kouatchet, Vinko Tomicic, Gaetan Beduneau, Romain Sonneville, Samir Jaber, Michael Darmon, Diego Castanares-Zapatero, Laurent Brochard, Christian Brun-Buisson

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary edema may alter alveolar bacterial clearance and infectivity. Manipulation of fluid balance aimed at reducing fluid overload may, therefore, influence ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) occurrence in intubated patients. The objective of the present study was to assess the impact of a depletive fluid-management strategy on ventilator-associated complication (VAC) and VAP occurrence during weaning from mechanical ventilation. M ETHODS: We used data from the B-type Natriuretic Peptide for the Fluid Management of Weaning (BMW) randomized controlled trial performed in nine ICUs across Europe and America. We compared the cumulative incidence of VAC and VAP between the biomarkerdriven, depletive fluid-management group and the usual-care group during the 14 days following randomization, using specific competing-risk methods (the Fine and Gray model). R ESULTS: Among the 304 patients analyzed, 41 experienced VAP, including 27 (17.8%) in the usual-care group vs 14 (9.2%) in the interventional group ( P= 5 .03). From the Fine and Gray model, the probabilities of VAC and VAP occurrence were both significantly reduced with the interventional strategy while adjusting for weaning outcome as a competing event (subhazard ratios [25th-75th percentiles], 0.44 [0.22-0.87], P =5 .02 and 0.50 [0.25-0.96], P= 5 .03, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Using proper competing risk analyses, we found that a depletive fluidmanagement strategy, when initiating the weaning process, has the potential for lowering VAP risk in patients who are mechanically ventilated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)58-65
Number of pages8
JournalChest
Volume146
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

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