Abstract
Background
Many studies demonstrated no improved survival in patients with pulmonary artery catheter
placement. However, no consistent conclusions have been drawn regarding the impact
of pulmonary artery catheter in critically ill patients with heart disease. This study
aimed to investigate the association of early pulmonary artery catheter use with 28-day
mortality in that population.
Methods
The Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database,
a single-center critical care database, was employed to investigate this issue. This
study enrolled a total of 11,887 critically ill patients with cardiac disease with
or without pulmonary artery catheter insertion. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality.
The multivariate regression was modeled to examine the association between pulmonary
artery catheter and outcomes. Additionally, we examined the effect modification by
cardiac surgeries. Propensity score matching was conducted to validate our findings.
Results
No improvement in 28-day mortality was observed among the pulmonary artery catheter
group compared to the non–pulmonary artery catheter group (odds ratio 95% confidence
interval: 1.18 [1.00–1.38], P = .049). When stratified by cardiac surgeries, the results were consistent. The patients
in the pulmonary artery catheter group had fewer ventilation-free days and vasopressor-free
days than those in the nonpulmonary artery catheter group after surgery stratification.
In the surgical patients, pulmonary artery catheter insertion was not associated with
the occurrence of acute kidney injury, and it was associated with a higher daily fluid
input (mean difference 95% confidence interval: 0.13 [0.05–0.20], P = .001). In nonsurgical patients, the pulmonary artery catheter group had a higher
risk of acute kidney injury occurrence (odds ratio 95% confidence interval: 1.94 [1.32–2.84],
P = .001).
Conclusion
Early pulmonary artery catheter placement is not associated with survival benefits
in critically ill patients with cardiac diseases, either in surgical or nonsurgical
patients.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 08, 2022
Accepted:
April 29,
2022
Footnotes
Jie Wu and Qihong Liang contributed equally.
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