Retrospective Study of Indications and Outcomes of Open Abdomen with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Technique for Abdominal Sepsis in a Tertiary Referral Centre.
Francesco Paolo PreteGiuseppe Massimiliano De LucaAlessandro PasculliGiovanna Di MeoElisabetta PoliLucia Ilaria SgaramellaPiercarmine PanzeraFrancesco VittoreAntonella FiloiaFausto CatenaTestini MarioAngela GurradoPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
In patients with advanced sepsis from abdominal disease, the open abdomen (OA) technique as part of a damage control surgery (DCS) approach enables relook surgery to control infection, defer intestinal anastomosis, and prevent intra-abdominal hypertension. Limited evidence is available on key outcomes, such as mortality and rate of definitive fascial closure (DFC), which are needed for surgeons to select patients and adequate therapeutic strategies. Abdominal closure with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has shown rates of DFC around 90%. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate in-hospital survival and factors associated with mortality in acute, non-trauma patients treated using the OA technique and NPWT for sepsis from abdominal disease. Fifty consecutive patients treated using the OA technique and NPWT between February 2015 and July 2022 were included. Overall mortality was 32%. Among surviving patients, 97.7% of cases reached DFC, and the overall complication rate was 58.8%, with one case of entero-atmospheric fistula. At univariable analysis, age ( p = 0.009), ASA IV status (<0.001), Mannheim Peritonitis Index > 30 ( p = 0.001) and APACHE II score ( p < 0.001) were associated with increased mortality. At multivariable analysis, higher APACHE II was a predictor of in-hospital mortality (OR 2.136, 95% CI 1.08-4.22; p = 0.029). Although very resource-intensive, DCS and the OA technique are valuable tools to manage patients with advanced abdominal sepsis, allowing reduced mortality and high DFC rates.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- cardiovascular events
- intensive care unit
- acute kidney injury
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- risk factors
- septic shock
- primary care
- blood pressure
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- stem cells
- cardiovascular disease
- oxidative stress
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- liver failure
- patient reported outcomes
- adipose tissue
- air pollution
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- acute coronary syndrome
- cell therapy
- particulate matter
- hepatitis b virus
- drug induced
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- bone marrow
- weight loss