Clinical Deterioration Following Improvement in the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial
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Early Warning Score (EWS)PurposeUse of an Early Warning Score (EWS) assists with the recognition and appropriate response to the patient at risk of clinical deterioration as well as a clinically deteriorating patient. The EWS is a support to skilled clinical assessment, decision making and plan of care.An Early Warning Score must be used for all patients within a hospital setting when recording vital signs for: •Early detection of detrimental changes.•Safe, timely, effective management of care in response to a patient’s deteriorating condition. The EWS is to be communicated between staff when transferring patients between areas and with requests for clinical assistance.Specialist areas that do not use EWS routinely are required to calculate an EWS for safe transfer.Vital signs observation charts will contain the appropriate EWS tool.Types of early warning scores in use•The New Zealand Early Warning Score (NZEWS) is a nationally standardised scoring tool designed for adults. For the present the NZEWS is intended for adult non-maternity patients only.•Maternity patients use The New Zealand National Maternity Early Warning System (MEWS). The MEWS should be used for all pregnant women of any gestation including up to 6 weeks after birth.•Paediatric patients up to 15 years of age, use the age appropriate Paediatric EWS (PEWS).•Neonates; babies born in CWH and CDHB primary birthing units use the new-born Observation Chart (NOC) which incorporates the New-born Early Warning Score (NEWS).•For the purposes of this policy when the term EWS is used, this encompasses the EWS, MEWS, PEWS, NEWS.ApplicabilityAll CDHB or contracted clinical staff (e.g. Agency nursing staff, Lead Maternity Carers with CDHB access agreement).DefinitionsEarly Warning Score ParametersAdult patientsFor an adult patient, the following observations/symptoms must be recorded to obtain an accurate NZEWS: •Respiratory rate calculated over 1 minute•Presence or absence of oxygen therapy•Oxygen saturation % (SpO2)•Heart rate for at least ½ minute•Blood pressure using appropriate cuff and calibrated equipment•Level of consciousness using AVPU (alert, voice, pain, unresponsive)•Temperature (using a consistent site and method)Pregnant women (of any gestation including up to 6 weeks after birth)For a maternity patient, the following observations / symptoms must be recorded to obtain an accurate MEWS:•Respiratory rate calculated over 1 minute•Supplemental oxygen administration(L/min)•Oxygen saturation % (SpO2)•Heart rate for at least ½ minute•Blood pressure•Temperature (using a consistent site and method)•Level of consciousness (normal or abnormal)Paediatric patientsFor a paediatric patient the following observations / symptoms must be completed on admission to obtain accurate PEWS. Subsequent observation requirements are determined by the PEWS management plan, the Nursing Observations and Monitoring Policy [Ref 239155] and/or as indicated by the paediatric medical team.•Respiratory rate calculated over 1 minute•Respiratory distress score•Oxygen saturation % (SpO2)•Heart rate for at least ½ minute•Blood pressure•Level of consciousness using AVPU (alert, voice, pain, unresponsive)•Capillary refill timeNote: Whilst temperature is not included in the PEWS, a baseline temperature recording is taken on admission and four hourly thereafter for an inpatient if within normal limits.NeonatesFor neonates during the immediate post-natal period (1-2 hours) post birth and then at 24 hours, the following should be observed and recorded on the New-born Observation Chart and a NEWS calculated: •Respiratory rate calculated over 1 minute•Work of Breathing•Temperature•Heart rate calculated over a minute•Colour•Behaviour / FeedingAll babies should be assessed against the risks for deterioration as outlined on the New-born Observation Chart and if identified to be at risk then observations and NEWS are performed as instructed and care escalated as required.Education and trainingAll staff within the scope of this procedure must have completed relevant clinical training on the EWS score, escalation and response.Education should be guided by the EWS decision tree.Early Warning Score Procedure Clinical staff responsibilitiesClinical staff responsibilitiesAll patients must have a clinically appropriate plan of care documented, including frequency of monitoring of vital signs, any limitations or ceiling of care and any modification to the response pathway.Staff must be able to perform their responsibilities within this procedure.1.Recognition: Activation1.1.Provide adequate privacy and ensure informed consent1.2.Take the vital signs using appropriate techniques, where applicable inform the patient or caregiverof the results and recording appropriate EWS, check for EWS triggers, and in the absence of Patientrack calculate thescore and record.1.4.Check clinical record for relevant treatment goals and/or plan of care1.5.If escalation pathway triggered, activate according to the response pathway zone colour andfollow plan.1.6.Care for patient, record and act on vital signs as per the EWS zone colour and clinical protocolswhile awaiting review.1.7.Record activation in clinical progress notes or where Cortex is available on the PatientDeterioration Form.1.8.For adults (except maternity), use of the NZEWS activation template is mandatory if a clinicalreview is requested.1.9.For maternity patients, use of the Activation of MEWS Pathway sticker (Ref: 2311278,) or digitalequivalent whenever discussion or further review is requested.Note: The EWS does not replace clinical judgement. Should a clinician or family member be concerned in the absence of a high EWS consider medical review. Within inpatient areas where Kōrero Mai – Patient Family Escalation has been implemented, staff are to support families with escalating care at their request and responding as applicable.2.Response: Escalation2.1.Respond according to the escalation pathway, clinical plans and clinical judgement2.2.Record the response in the clinical notes (using the appropriate response template):a.The EWS triggers and zoneb.Date and time of reviewc.Assessment, decisions and management plan including vital sign frequency (if contrary tothe EWS pathway recommendations) , follow up, higher level of care needs, treatmentlimitations and ceiling of cared.Staff notified and consultede.If a follow up review is required, indicate the timeframe for the review to prevent furtherpatient clinical deterioration.f.If a Senior Medical Officer or Registrar modifies the EWS, the reason is recorded, and themodification must be reviewed by the patient’s Home Team in the am the next day (12noon at the latest).munication / handover/ transfer of care requirementsAny pathway communication / handover or transfer of care with other staff is provided using ‘Identity, Situation, Background, Assessment, Response’ (ISBAR) communication method stating the:a.Patient’s condition / diagnosisb.Patient’s EWSc.The parameters that drove the scored.The actions already been takene.Repeat back the plan of action to take following the communication i.e. repeat EWS in settimeframe and contact medical staff again as required.Measurement / EvaluationUse of early warning system One System Dashboard in clinical governance meetings; regular audit of adherence of the EWS system conducted in areas using the CDHB EWS / MEWS / PEWS / NEWS Audit tool; inclusion in morbidity and mortality meetings.Evaluation can be guided by the EWS decision tree.Associated materialCDHB Resources:•Transfer of patients between hospitals.•ISBAR handover / communication policy.•Deteriorating Patient Activation and Response form document (Ref: 2406526)or digital equivalent Healthlearn•Deteriorating Patient Course (DP001)•New Zealand Early Warning Score•Paediatric Early Warning Score (PE001)•MEWS – Maternity Early Warning Score (RGMY001)•New-born Observation Chart with new-born Early Warning Score (RGMY002)NZEWS Zone / Score (Ref: 2403999) (Appendix 1)NZEWS site specific pathways (Appendix 2)•Christchurch Ref: 2405744•Burwood Ref: 2405791•Hillmorton Ref: 2404730•Ashburton Ref: 2406302PEWS pathway (Appendix 5)Nursing Observation and Monitoring - Paediatrics (Ref: 2405195)EWS decision tree (Appendix 3)MEWS site specific pathways (Appendix 4)•Christchurch Women’s Hospital (Maternity, Birthing Suite, Maternity Assessment Unit, Women’s Outpatient Department) (Ref: 2406285)•Primary Units (Ashburton, Lincoln, Kaikoura, Darfield, Rangiora) (Ref: 2406474)•St. Georges maternity Ref: (2406789)•Activation of MEWS Pathway sticker (Ref: 2404638)•Minimum Frequencies of Observations for Maternity Early Warning Score (MEWS) Chart (Ref: 2404636)NOC/NEWS (Appendix 6)•CDHB New-born Observation Chart 6676 (Ref: 2401230)•CDHB New-born Record QMR0044 (Ref: 2400438)•Observation of mother and baby in the immediate postnatal period: consensus statements guiding practice, MOH, (July 2012)Kōrero Mai - Patient Family Escalation - “Are you Concerned” Signage (Ref: 2407406, 2406997, ,2406998. Shared Goals of Care Document (Ref: 2406924)Appendix One: NZEWS Zone calculatorAppendix two: CDHB NZEWS site specific response pathwaysAppendix three: EWS decision treeAppendix four: Modified Early Obstetric Warning (MEWS) Management Protocol Score and management/responseChristchurch Women’s Hospital(Maternity, Birthing Suite, Maternity Assessment Unit, Women’s Outpatient Department)CDHB Primary Community Maternity Units (Ashburton, Lincoln, Kaikoura, Darfield, Rangiora)St. George’s Maternity UnitAppendix five: Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) Management Protocol Score and management / responseAppendix six: Guide of When to use the New-born Observation Chart and NEWSContentsEarly Warning Score (EWS) (1)Purpose (1)Types of early warning scores in use (1)Applicability (1)Definitions (1)Adult patients (1)Pregnant women (of any gestation including up to 6 weeks after birth) (2)Paediatric patients (2)Neonates (2)Education and training (2)Early Warning Score Procedure Clinical staff responsibilities (3)Clinical staff responsibilities (3)1.Recognition: Activation (3)2.Response: Escalation (3)munication / handover/ transfer of care requirements (4)Measurement / Evaluation (4)Associated material (4)CDHB Resources: (4)Healthlearn (4)Appendix One: NZEWS Zone calculator (5)Appendix two: CDHB NZEWS site specific response pathways (6)Appendix three: EWS decision tree (10)Appendix four: Modified Early Obstetric Warning (MEWS) Management Protocol Score and management/response (11)Christchurch Women’s Hospital (11)CDHB Primary Community Maternity Units (Ashburton, Lincoln, Kaikoura, Darfield, Rangiora) (12)St. George’s Maternity Unit (13)Appendix five: Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) Management Protocol Score and management / response (14)Appendix six: Guide of When to use the New-born Observation Chart and NEWS (15)。
临床研究早期与晚期支架内血栓致4b型急性心肌梗死患者临床结局比较李晓卫1,2,高静1,2,3△,刘寅1,高明东1,肖健勇1摘要:目的 比较早期与晚期支架内血栓(ST)致4b型急性心肌梗死(AMI)患者院内及出院1年生存及预后情况。
方法 入选2015年1月—2018年2月冠状动脉造影确定ST致4b型AMI患者共302例。
根据ST发生时间分为早期ST组(≤30 d)26例和晚期ST组(>30 d)276例,对比2组患者住院期间及出院1年内的终点事件。
主要研究终点包括心源性死亡和再发AMI;次要研究终点包括靶病变血运重建(TLR)、再次ST、心力衰竭及卒中。
采用Kaplan-Meier法绘制生存曲线并比较2组患者无终点事件发生率;采用Cox回归分析4b型AMI患者发生终点事件的危险因素。
结果 住院期间2组主要研究终点事件发生率差异无统计学意义(7.7% vs. 3.3%,P=0.243);早期ST组院内心力衰竭发生率高于晚期ST组(11.5% vs. 1.4%,P=0.016),其他次要终点事件发生率差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。
平均随访1年,早期ST组主要(20.0% vs. 5.9%,P<0.05)及次要(36.0% vs. 11.5%,P<0.05)研究终点事件发生率均高于晚期ST组。
Kaplan-Meier生存分析表明,早期ST组1年累积无主要(P=0.022)及次要(P<0.001)终点事件发生率均低于晚期ST组。
Cox回归分析表明高血压、冠状动脉旁路移植术史是4b型AMI患者发生主要终点事件的独立危险因素,术中植入主动脉内气囊泵(IABP)、缩短支架内血栓至球囊扩张(ST to B)时间是其发生次要终点事件的独立保护因素。
结论 与晚期ST致4b型AMI患者相比,早期ST患者院内结局相似,长期预后差。
术中植入IABP、缩短ST to B时间可能改善4b型AMI患者预后。
关键词:心肌梗死;主动脉内气囊泵;支架内血栓;靶病变血运重建中图分类号:R541.4 文献标志码:A DOI:10.11958/20230488Comparison of clinical outcomes in patients with 4b acute myocardial infarction caused by earlyand late stent thrombosisLI Xiaowei1, 2, GAO Jing1, 2, 3△, LIU Yin1, GAO Mingdong1, XIAO Jianyong11 Department of Coronary Care Unit, Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300222, China;2 Tianjin Medical University;3 Tianjin Cardiovascular Diseases Institute△Corresponding Author E-mail:*******************Abstract: Objective To observe and compare in-hospital and 1-year survival and prognosis of patients with 4b acute myocardial infarction (AMI) caused by early and late stent thrombosis (ST). Methods A total of 302 patients with 4b acute myocardial infarction caused by ST were enrolled in this study from January 2015 to February 2018. ST patients were confirmed by coronary angiography. These patients were divided into two groups: the early ST group (n=26) and the late ST group (n=276) according to the time of ST occurrence. Endpoint events during hospitalization and one year of follow up were compared between the two groups of patients. The primary endpoint events included cardiac death and recurrent AMI. The secondary endpoint events included target lesion revascularization (TLR), re-stent thrombosis, heart failure and stroke. The incidence of no endpoint events was compared between two groups of patients by Kaplan and Meier survival analysis. Cox regression analysis was used to analyze risk factors for endpoint events in patients with type 4b AMI. Results There was no significant difference in the incidence of the primary endpoint events during hospitalization between the two groups (7.7% vs.3.3%,P=0.243). The incidence of heart failure was higher in the early ST group than that of the late ST group (11.5%vs.1.4%, P=0.016). There was no significant difference in the incidence rates of other secondary endpoint events between the two groups (P>0.05). After a mean follow-up of 1 year, the incidence rates of primary endpoint events and the secondary eendpoint events were higher in the early ST group (20.0% vs. 5.9%,P<0.05 and 36.0% vs. 11.5%,P<0.01)than that of the late ST group. Kaplan and Meier survival analysis showed that the 1-year cumulative incidences of non-primary (P= 0.022) and non-secondary events (P<0.001) were lower in the early ST group than those of the late ST group. Cox regression 基金项目:天津市卫健委重点学科项目(TJWJ2022XK032);天津市卫健委科技基金项目(TJWJ2021MS027);天津市科技计划项目(22JCZDJC00130);天津市科委重点项目(20YFZCSY00820);天津市医学重点建设学科项目(TJYXZDXK-055B) 作者单位:1天津大学胸科医院冠心病监护病房(邮编300222);2天津医科大学;3天津市心血管病研究所 作者简介:李晓卫(1982),男,副主任医师,主要从事急性心肌梗死相关研究。
执业医师涉及的英文名称1 Colles骨折:即伸直型骨折。
(桡骨下端骨折)“银叉畸形”“枪刺样”手掌着地2 Smith骨折:即屈曲型骨折(桡骨下端骨折)手背着地3 Barton骨折桡骨远端关节面骨折伴腕关节脱位4 Pauwells角:远端骨折线与两侧髂嵴连线的夹角(Pauwells角)大于50°,为内收骨折。
由于骨折面接触较少,容易再移位,故属于不稳定性骨折。
Pauwells角越大,骨折端所遭受的剪切力越大,骨折越不稳定。
(股骨颈骨折)5 Fehy综合征(Felty综合征,费尔蒂综合征)是指RA(类风湿关节炎)患者伴有脾大、中性粒细胞减少,有的甚至有贫血和血小板减少。
RA患者出现Felty综合征时并非都处于关节炎活动期,其中很多患者合并有下肢溃疡、色素沉着,皮下结节,关节畸形,以及发热、乏力、食欲减退和体重下降等全身表现。
6.Heberden结节:由于骨赘、软骨丧失、关节周围肌肉痉挛以及关节破坏所致。
严重者出现关节畸形,如膝内翻。
手指远侧指间关节侧方增粗,形成Heberden结节。
(骨关节炎)7.Beehterew病:由于颈、腰部不能旋转,侧视时必须转动全身。
若髋关节受累则呈摇摆步态。
个别患者症状始自颈椎,逐渐向下波及胸椎和腰椎,称Beehterew病,(强直性脊柱炎8.Caplan综合征——尘肺患者合并RA时易出现大量肺结节,称之为Caplan综合征,也称类风湿性尘肺病。
9. Down综合征:又称先天愚型或21-三体综合征.10. Guthrie细菌生长抑制试验:筛查苯丙酮尿症.11.麻疹黏膜斑(Koplik斑):为早期诊断麻疹的重要依据。
12.帕氏(Pastia)线;猩红热时,皮肤皱折处如腋窝、肘窝及腹股沟等处,皮疹密集,其间有出血点,形成明显的横纹线。
13. Barrett食管:是指食管下段被覆柱状上皮细胞而言。
这是一种少见病。
主要临床表现是吞咽困难、烧心。
X线检查特征为类似胃溃疡的龛影。
J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012 J Neurosurg 116:1379–1388, 20121379W. L. Titsworth et al.1380J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012the ICU and had significant functional limitations 1 year later because of muscle wasting and fatigue. The median 6-minute walk distance in survivors was only 66% of that predicted at 1 year after ICU discharge, with limitations attributed to ICU-acquired morbidities, such as global muscle wasting and weakness, foot drop, joint immobil -ity, and dyspnea. Only 49% of survivors in this study had returned to work at 1 year after discharge. In a systematic review of ICU patients with sepsis, multiorgan failure, or prolonged mechanical ventilation, neuromuscular dys -function was identified in 46% of patients and was as -sociated with prolonged duration of mechanical ventila -tion and length of ICU and hospital stay.31 After 7 days of mechanical ventilation, 25–33% of patients experience clinically visible weakness.11 In a recent study, clinicians found that more than one third of patients with stays in the ICU greater than 2 weeks had at least 2 functionally significant joint contractures.10Low patient mobility is rampant in current ICU prac -tice. A multicenter study of patients with acute lung injury found that only 27% of patients received physical therapy in the ICU, with therapy occurring on only 6% of all ICU days;26 another single-center study found that only 6% of mechanically ventilated patients received physical thera-py in the ICU.25 Krishnagopalan et al.21 demonstrated that during an 8-hour time frame, fewer than 3% of critically ill patients were turned, even though ICU policy man -dated turning patients every 2 hours, and that approxi -mately 50% of patients had no change in body position at all. Finally, Goldhill et al.14 found that the average time between manual turns was 4.85 ± 3.3 hours among 40 different ICUs.With more than 5 million persons experiencing an ICU stay each year, the short- and long-term complica -tions of immobility and bed rest significantly affect pa -tient morbidity, mortality, cost, and quality of life.17 No study has investigated the feasibility or benefit of in -creased mobility on outcome in the neurointensive care unit population. Furthermore, the neurointensive care unit, given its high rate of immobility due to neurological dysfunction, may be an ideal setting for such an interven -tion. In this paper we present the results of a prospective trial of a comprehensive mobility program among neuro -intensive care unit patients at a single center.MethodsShands Hospital at the University of Florida is an 852-bed, tertiary-care medical center with 142 intensive care beds, 30 of which constitute the neurointensive care unit. The neurointensive care unit is overseen by an in -terdisciplinary team composed of vested members from neurosurgery, neurology, critical care medicine, nursing, and social work. Its membership includes neuroscience critical care staff nurses, nurse leaders, social workers, pharmacists, physician extenders, and physicians.Patients and Study DesignThe study population consisted of all consecutive pa -tients admitted to the neurointensive care unit from April 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011 (n = 3291). Patients wereexcluded for age < 18 years, hemodynamic instability, or end of life care. The study consisted of a 10-month pre -intervention surveillance period (April 1, 2010, through January 31, 2011) followed by a 6-month prospective in -tervention phase (February 1–July 31, 2011). Study ap -proval was granted by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Florida and Shands Hospital.Mobility InterventionThe Comprehensive Mobility Guidelines were devel -oped by the SUF Mobility Task Force, a hospital-wide interdisciplinary team that includes representatives from hospital administration, departmental physicians, rehabil-itation, physical therapy, clinical nurse leaders, and qual-ity management. A literature review was performed and evidence-based best practices were reviewed in detail. Mobility protocols were developed for critical care units and general hospital floors based on evidence review. In addition, a mobility bundle toolkit was developed that included recommendations for equipment purchasing, staff education plans, validation checklists, and practical implementation advice for medical and nursing leaders. The Neuroscience Center inpatient units (neurointensive care unit and two medical/surgical floors) were the pilot units for testing the new mobility protocol. The mobility bundle toolkit was then distributed to each unit’s nursing leadership team for duplication.The keystone of the critical care component of the Comprehensive Mobility Guideline is the PUMP Plus al -gorithm. Progressive mobility is a series of planned move -ments in a sequential manner beginning at a patient’s current mobility status with a goal of returning to his or her baseline level.33 The PUMP Plus algorithm was devel -oped and modified using existing evidence and guidelines including “Progressive Mobility Guidelines for Critically Ill Patients”1 and “Progressive Upright Mobility (PUM) in the ICU: The How-to-Guide”22 at the University of Kansas. The “plus” part of this protocol was the addition of 6 levels for rehabilitation of patients beyond previous protocols (Fig. 1). Steps 6–11 provide clear expectations for patients beyond being “out-of-bed to chair,” which was previously the ultimate mobility “goal” in ICU patients.A neurocritical care subgroup of the SUF Mobility Task Force added these 6 advanced levels to prevent ma -jor deconditioning among able patients without requiring the consultation of the physical therapy team. The stages of PUMP Plus consist of elevating the head of the bed, tilting the bed, sitting in an upright position, sitting on the edge of the bed, standing, sitting in a chair, ambulating in the room, ambulating outside of the room, and exercises as determined by physical therapy/occupational therapy. As patients completed each stage they were automatically encouraged to progress to the next step rather than await a physician’s orders; however, a patient’s maximum activ -ity level could still be determined by physicians. It was believed that this component was critical for the neuroin -tensive care unit population because there are significant numbers of patients who are maintained in the neuro -intensive care unit for detailed monitoring and/or blood pressure and fluid management despite good neurologi -cal function (such as patients with subarachnoid hemor -rhage).J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012Increased mobility in neurointensive care unit patients1381Importantly, a neurointensive care unit policy, initi -ated by the medical directors and agreed upon by all at -tending physicians in the unit, stated that enrollment in the PUMP Plus program was automatic unless clinically contraindicated and documented by the attending physi -cian. This was an important factor because it communi -cated to the nursing staff that PUMP Plus and mobility were the standard of care and to not mobilize the patient was the exception. This is an important factor in changing the culture of ICU patients who traditionally have been placed on bed rest because of the perception that they are too sick to be out of bed. A physician’s order was required to discontinue PUMP Plus in neurointensive care unit pa -tients. Clinical contraindications for PUMP Plus included unstable spine, active stroke alerts, and/or up to 24 hours after tissue plasminogen activator and endovascular in -tervention, increased intracranial pressure, active resus-citation for life-threatening hemodynamic instability, femoral sheaths, traction, continuous renal replacement therapy, or aggressive modes of ventilation and palliative care. However, ventriculostomies (in the off position) are not a contraindication to PUMP Plus.Additional aspects of the Comprehensive Mobility Guidelines included criteria for use of skilled physical therapy and occupational therapy services, purchasing additional assistive equipment, funding for additional mobility aides, blocked time scheduling for rehabilitation services, and requiring all patients without specific clini -cal contraindications to be out of bed for meals, shower -ing, and toilet use.Data CollectionDemographic information, including morbidity, neu -rointensive care unit LOS, and diagnosis, was obtained from Decision Support Services and chart review. The neurointensive care unit LOS was calculated as a month -ly average for the neurointensive care unit. Hospital LOS was determined for each patient in the 2-week pre- and postintervention observation period by chart review.Mobility was assessed by the I-MOVE tool.23 The I-MOVE tool (Appendix A) records the highest level of mobility obtained by a patient within the previous hour. The stages included sitting upright in bed (1 point), sit -ting on the edge of the bed (10 points), getting out of bed (20 points), walking to the bathroom (30 points), walking outside the room (40 points), or exercising (50 points). All information was recorded by bedside nurses hourly and analyzed during a 2-week collection period immediately preceding the initiative (January 18–31, 2011) and for an -other 2-week period (May 31–June 14, 2011) 4 months after initiation of the mobility initiative.Pressure ulcer data were collected by an Ostomy and Wound Liaison nurse during weekly “Skin Rounds” ev-F ig . 1. The PUMP Plus algorithm. BP = blood pressure; CRRT = continuous renal replacement therapy; cont. = continuous; CXR = chest x-ray (radiograph); HOB = head of bed; HR = heart rate; HTN = hypertension; mgmt = management; O 2Sat = oxygen saturation; PRN = as needed; pt = patient; q2hours = every 2 hours; Q shift = every 8 hour nursing shift; TBerg = Trendelenburg bed position; TID = three times/day; tPA = tissue plasminogen activator.W. L. Titsworth et al.1382J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012ery Wednesday using the National Pressure Ulcer Advi -sory Panel rating scale.7 All patients were assessed for the presence of pressure ulcers. The pressure ulcers were categorized according to the National Pressure Ulcer Ad -visory Panel scale and ranged from “Stage I” to “Deep Tissue Injury.” The results presented are Stage II and higher “unit acquired” pressure ulcer prevalence.Patient falls and inadvertent tracheal extubations, as well as unplanned central venous catheter and external ventricular drain removals, were used as indicators of protocol safety. These events were recorded as incident reports within a preexisting adverse event monitoring system.Hospital-acquired infection data were regularly col -lected as part of the quality improvement measures and were reported to the Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality. Hospital-acquired infections were defined by the NHSN criteria.Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Ventilator-associ-ated pneumonia requires that the patient has an artificial airway (endotracheal tube or tracheostomy) and is me -chanically ventilated for more than 48 hours at the time of culture, or within the 48 hours prior to the onset of the event. Ventilator-associated pneumonia criteria can be met by radiographic, clinical, and/or laboratory criteria as follows.Radiographic criteria require 2 or more serial chest radiographs with at least 1 of the following: new or pro -gressive and persistent infiltrate, consolidation, cavita -tion, or pneumatoceles. Clinical criteria require at least 1 of the following: fever (> 38°C), leukopenia (< 4000 white blood cells/mm 3) or leukocytosis (> 12,000 white blood cells/mm 3), or for adults more than 70 years old, al -tered mental status. In addition, at least 1 of the following is present: new onset of purulent sputum, increased re -spiratory secretions, increased suctioning requirements, new onset or worsening cough, dyspnea, tachypnea, rales, bronchial breath sounds, and worsening gas exchange (O 2 desaturations [PaO 2/FiO 2 < 240], increased O 2 require-ments, or increased ventilator demand). Laboratory crite -ria require at least 1 of the following: positive growth in blood culture not related to another source of infection, positive growth in pleural fluid culture, positive quantita -tive culture from minimally contaminated lower respira -tory tract specimen (bronchoalveolar lavage or protected specimen brushing), and ≥ 5% bronchoalveolar lavage–obtained cells containing intracellular bacteria on direct microscopic examination (Gram stain) or by histopatho -logical examination. Ventilator-associated pneumonia was excluded if the patient was within 48 hours of trans -fer from another facility. The VAP rate per 1000 ventila -tor days was calculated by dividing the number of VAPs by the number of ventilator days and multiplying the re -sult by 1000. The Infection Control Practitioner gathered data on the patient (signs/symptoms, chest radiographs, treatment, and other data) and referred any positive finds to physicians in the Infectious Disease department who reviewed the case and determined whether a VAP met the NHSN definitions.Catheter-Associated UTI. A catheter-associated UTI was an infection that occurred while the patient had a uri -nary catheter in place, or had a catheter in place within 48 hours prior to culture.19 Two possible definitions of UTI were accepted. The first definition included a patient who had at least 1 sign or symptom of UTI and a positive urine culture growing > 105 cfu/ml with no more than 2 mi -croorganisms. Signs and symptoms include temperature > 38°C, urinary urgency, urinary frequency, dysuria, and suprapubic tenderness. The second definition required that a patient have at least 2 signs or symptoms but a less compelling laboratory finding such as a positive dipstick for leukocyte esterase or nitrite, pyuria with ≥ 3 white blood cells/hpf, positive Gram stain, or 2 urine cultures > 102 cfu/ml of a single pathogen in a patient undergo -ing treatment with antimicrobial agents. Asymptomatic catheter-associated bacteriuria or candiduria was defined as a positive urine culture (> 105 cfu/ml) in a patient who had had a urinary catheter within the previous 2 days and who had no signs or symptoms of catheter-associated UTI. Asymptomatic catheter-associated bacteriuria or candiduria were not counted as catheter-associated UTIs in this study. Patients were not routinely monitored for asymptomatic bacteriuria. Urinalysis as well as urine and blood cultures was performed whenever the patients de -veloped systemic or local signs of infection; these includ -ed fever (temperature > 38.5°C), urinary urgency, urinary frequency, dysuria, and suprapubic tenderness.The infection control investigation of possible cathe -ter-associated UTI was triggered by a positive urine cul -ture. An infection control nurse practitioner would then perform a chart review to gather data. These data were presented to the hospital epidemiologist to decide wheth -er an infection based on NHSN definitions had occurred. Catheter-associated UTI rate was defined as the number of patients with catheter-associated UTI divided by the number of indwelling urinary catheter days multiplied by 1000. Catheter utilization was defined by the NHSN definition, which was the total number of catheter days divided by the total number of patient days multiplied by cationThe SUF Mobility Task Force developed and execut -ed a comprehensive education and implementation plan. This plan included policy and guideline development; equipment inventory and purchasing; interdisciplinary education; skills validation checklists for physicians, nurses, and therapists; data collection tools; and shift-to-shift monitoring via a newly designed support tech -nician role. Interdisciplinary educational modules were written and videos were developed to assist learners with practical implementation of the Comprehensive Mobility Guidelines. This education was electronically distributed to all frontline care providers as a mandatory require -ment. In addition, the hospital-wide preoperative surgery and unit admission patient education brochures were re -vised to include the Comprehensive Mobility Guidelines. This education plan was so successful in changing the culture on the neurointensive care unit that the SUF Mo -bility Task Force “bundled” it into a toolkit for unit man -agers throughout the hospital. Elements of the Mobility Checklist are listed in Table 1.J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012Increased mobility in neurointensive care unit patients1383W. L. Titsworth et al.1384J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012F ig . 2. Graph showing the change in the average number of record-ed activities per day before and after implementation of the PUMP Plus program. *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001; OOB = out of bed.J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012Increased mobility in neurointensive care unit patients1385Total number of culture-confirmed hospital-acquired infections over time. The dashed line indicates the start of the Mobility Initiative.W. L. Titsworth et al.1386J Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012decrease was observed in the total hospital LOS, from 12 days before the intervention to 8.6 days after the inter -vention, when adjusted for diagnosis, age, and sex. This result is in agreement with those from previous mobil -ity studies. One study,25 in a medical ICU that utilized a similar Mobility Team and protocol model, showed that ICU LOS decreased by 20% and hospital LOS decreased by 23% when adjusted for body mass index and vasopres -sor use. The similarity in these results is encouraging and suggests the reproducibility among differing types of ICU environments.Early mobility of patients is not a new concept. The early ambulation of hospitalized patients was first intro -duced late in World War II in an effort to expedite the recovery of soldiers for return to the battlefield.6 In 1972, the University of Colorado published a photo-illustrated report describing ambulation of a mechanically ventilat -ed patient recovering from respiratory failure.29 Another publication in 19758 from Geisinger Medical Center, in Danville, Pennsylvania, provides similar historical evi -dence of early ambulation for ICU patients.Even minor increases in activity have shown benefi -cial effects in ventilated ICU patients. Twenty prospec -tive randomized controlled trials on rotational therapy in ventilated patients were published between 1987 and 2004, and showed decreases in the incidence of pneu -monia.15 However, studies supporting the early onset of rehabilitation and, more importantly, ambulation in the acute ICU setting are relatively new. The first published report was an uncontrolled study of routine multidisci -plinary, twice-daily rehabilitation therapy in the ICU pro -vided to 103 mechanically ventilated patients. This study demonstrated that activity, including sitting and ambula -tion, was feasible and safe in mechanically ventilated pa -tients.4 Moreover, this study demonstrated benefit, with 69% of these ICU patients ambulating more than 100 feet (30 m) by ICU discharge with a mean distance walked of 212 feet (65 m). Thus far, only 1 study 25 has used a Mobility Team and Mobility Protocol to initiate earlier physical therapy in ICU patients. Morris et al. found that protocol patients were out of bed 6 days earlier (5 vs 11) and had therapy initiated more frequently (91% vs 13%, respectively) and that ICU LOS was 5.5 vs. 6.9 days (p = 0.025). Finally, hospital LOS decreased from 14.5 to 11.2 days (p = 0.006) when adjusted for body mass index and vasopressor usage.The correlation between increased mobility and de -creasing VAP rate was the least surprising finding in this study. Even minor increases in activity have shown ben -eficial effects in ventilated ICU patients. Rotational ther -apy alone, without ambulation, decreases the incidence of pneumonia but has no effect on duration of mechanical ventilation, number of days in intensive care, or hospital mortality.15 Accordingly, the European Society of Inten -sive Care Medicine Task Force on Physiotherapy for Crit -ically Ill Patients recently endorsed evidence-based tar -gets for physiotherapy in the ICU. These targets included deconditioning, impaired airway clearance, atelectasis, intubation avoidance, and weaning failure.16 It is believed that the mucocilliary escalator performs suboptimally when prone and therefore increased upright mobility may allow for increased clearance of secretions.Changes in the catheter-associated UTI rate after in -creased mobility is currently unreported. It is well estab -lished that the duration of catheterization is directly relat -ed to the risk of developing a UTI, with a risk of 3%–10% per day of catheterization. At 1 month, this risk is nearly 100%.9 A retrospective cohort study of 400,000 nursing home patients showed that the ability to walk was associ -ated with a 69% lower rate of hospitalization for UTI and that maintaining or improving mobility reduced the risk of hospitalization for UTI by 38% to 80%.28 One possible explanation is that increased mobility either required the discontinuation of catheters or at least prompted physi -cians to discontinue the use of these catheters more fre -quently. In 1 study by Saint et al.,30 almost 40% of at -tending physicians of patients with unnecessary urinary catheters were unaware that the patient had a urinary catheter in place. This idea is reinforced by the signifi -cantly reduced number of catheter days after initiation of the mobility protocol in this study.It bears mentioning that prior to this mobility project a VAP and UTI initiative had been enacted in our neuro -intensive care unit. However, these interventions predated this initiative by more than 6 months. More importantly, the VAP rate had stabilized prior to beginning the PUMP Plus program. Finally, there were no changes in either the VAP or UTI protocols during this trial in an attempt to control confounding variables.It was our hypothesis that increased mobility would correlate with a decreased incidence of pressure ulcer prevalence, but this was not supported by the data. De -creased mobility has been shown by multiple authors to be an independent risk factor for the creation of pressure ulcers. Keller et al.,20 in a systematic review of the litera -ture, found that decreased mobility was 1 of the 11 likely risk factors for pressure ulcer formation. Allman et al.,3 in a prospective inception cohort study of 286 patients, found that immobility had a relative risk increase of 2.36 for pressure ulcer development. Batson et al.,5 in develop-ment of their pressure ulcer scoring system, found that a patient’s ability to turn was the single highest predictor of ulcer formation. Unfortunately in this study no decrease in pressure ulcer prevalence was observed. This may be secondary to an overall low pressure-ulcer occurrence rate, as both the pre- (2.6%) and postinitiative prevalence rate (4.6%) were far below the NHSN 25th percentile of 7.89%. Therefore, detecting a decrease in pressure ulcer formation may have been made more difficult given the already comparatively low prevalence on this unit.These data suggest that increased mobility is fea -sible and safe for neurointensive care unit patients. A prospective cohort study of early ambulation by Bailey et al.4 showed that in 103 ventilated patients, 1449 activity events were associated with less than 1% of activity-relat -ed adverse events during a 6-month study. However, there are considerable safety concerns that must be addressed prior to initiating such a program, which have been dis -cussed elsewhere.32There is a strong body of literature suggesting that venous thromboembolism should be affected by the in -creasing of mobility. Weill-Engerer et al.34 showed that the rate of deep venous thrombosis was strongly correlat -ed with restriction of mobility. Deep venous thrombosisJ Neurosurg / Volume 116 / June 2012Increased mobility in neurointensive care unit patients1387formation was progressively more likely with decreasing mobility, from limited mobility without immobilization (OR = 1.73) to bedridden during the previous 15 days (OR = 5.64). Unfortunately, these data could not be reliably evaluated in our institution. Our neurointensive care unit does not routinely screen for venous thromboembolism and therefore any observed changes are not based on sys -tematic observation.Significant challenges were encountered during the implementation of this initiative. Namely, acquiring new equipment and support technician positions was not an easy task in such a fiscally difficult time. Acquiring hos -pital administration support for this initiative was impera -tive. Once identified as a patient care priority for improving quality outcomes, the financial resources were ultimately allocated. The Mobility Task Force was concerned that duplication of pilot unit efforts was paramount to achiev -ing consistent success in every unit. For this reason, task force members believed strongly that all unit leadership should be given the Mobility Bundle Toolkit and Mobility Checklist for Managers. Lastly, changing unit and inter -disciplinary culture proved to be the most difficult chal -lenge in this endeavor. Extensive education about current evidence-based guidelines and mandatory enforcement of its completion by interdisciplinary leaders were pivotal in changing the status quo into a culture of early patient mo -bility and complication prevention.Our study has several limitations. First, while mobil -ity data were collected for the entire study period, inten -sive analysis and interpretation were only performed on two 2-week periods (pre- and postinitiative). In our opin -ion, further analysis would have been unduly cumber -some and would have added little to the overall weight of the results. Second, as with any nonrandomized study, the interpretation of results should be conducted with care and causality cannot be determined by the current results. While every attempt was made to control for extraneous factors, the role of unaccounted for variables cannot be determined in a correlational study such as this. These data suggest that further study is necessary and a ran -domized control trial should be instituted to investigate the influence of increased mobility in the ICU setting.ConclusionsCurrent neurointensive care unit practice, with in -creasingly aggressive and continuous monitoring tech -niques, has demonstrated a shift toward sedation and in -activity. The lack of mobility in ICU patients has been well established in previous nonneurological work, as has its detrimental outcomes. Recent literature has be -gun to recognize the physiological benefits of increased mobility in ICU patients, focusing mostly on ventilated medical ICU wards. However, in this paper we present only the second study to investigate the implementation of a comprehensive mobility program (PUMP Plus) and the first reported such initiative in a neurointensive care unit population and the first in a predominantly surgical population. We believe that the significant effect on hos -pital-acquired infections and limitation of restraint merit further randomized control trials as a means to broader implementation.When we first started our unit in 1964, patients whorequired mechanical ventilation were awake and alert and often sitting in a chair . . . these individuals could interact . . . they could feel human. . . .The requirement of high acuity care and available pharmacologic therapy has led to the present situation . . . the awake and alert patient who is anxious or depressed requires a great amount of interaction with the health care team. . . . Understanding of the delicate machine/patient interface seems to be lost these days; thus, the requirement of sedation and paralysis.T homas L. P eTTy , m.D.27AppendixThis article contains an appendix that is available only in the online version of the article.DisclosureDr. Mocco serves as a consultant to Actelion, has received sup -port for nonstudy-related clinical or research effort from ev3, and serves on the advisory boards of Lazarus Effect, Inc., Edge Thera-peutics, NFocus, and Codman Neurovascular.Author contributions to the study and manuscript preparation include the following. Conception and design: Mocco, Titsworth, Hes t er, Correia, Reed, Guin, Layon. Acquisition of data: Titsworth, Hes t er, Correia, Reed, Guin. Analysis and interpretation of data: Moc c o, Titsworth, Hester. Drafting the article: Mocco, Titsworth. Crit i cally revising the article: all authors. Reviewed submitted ver -sion of manuscript: all authors. Approved the final version of the man u script on behalf of all authors: Mocco. Statistical analysis: Tits-worth. Administrative/technical/material support: Titsworth.References1. 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meningiomas非颅底、非周期性良性幕上脑膜瘤伽玛刀术后10年以上与放射毒性和长期肿瘤控制相关的因素53.Multidisciplinary management of patients with non–small cell lung cancer withleptomeningeal metastasis in the tyrosine kinase inhibitor era酪氨酸激酶抑制剂时代有软脑膜转移的非小细胞肺癌患者的多学科管理54.Predicting the growth of middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysms usingdifferences in the bifurcation angle and inflow coefficient利用分叉角和流入系数的差异预测大脑中动脉分叉动脉瘤的生长55.Predictors of surgical site infection in glioblastoma patients undergoing craniotomyfor tumor resection胶质母细胞瘤患者行开颅手术切除肿瘤时手术部位感染的预测因素56.Stereotactic radiosurgery for orbital cavernous hemangiomas立体定向放射外科治疗眼眶海绵状血管瘤57.Surgical management of large cerebellopontine angle meningiomas: long-termresults of a less aggressive resection strategy大型桥小脑角脑膜瘤的手术治疗:较小侵袭性切除策略的长期结果Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons58.5-ALA fluorescence–guided resection of a recurrent anaplastic pleomorphicxanthoastrocytoma: illustrative case5-ALA荧光引导下切除复发性间变性多形性黄色星形细胞瘤:说明性病例59.Flossing technique for endovascular repair of a penetrating cerebrovascular injury:illustrative case牙线技术用于血管内修复穿透性脑血管损伤:例证性病例60.Nerve transfers in a patient with asymmetrical neurological deficit followingtraumatic cervical spinal cord injury: simultaneous bilateral restoration of pinch grip and elbow extension. Illustrative case创伤性颈脊髓损伤后不对称神经功能缺损患者的神经转移:同时双侧恢复捏手和肘关节伸展。
2021年9月目录一、引言 (1)二、患者报告结局的定义 (1)三、患者报告结局测量量表的研发、翻译、改进 (2)(一)患者报告结局测量量表的研发 (3)(二)用于患者报告结局测量量表的翻译和/或文化调适 (7)(三)患者报告结局测量量表的改进 (9)四、患者报告结局测量量表的选择与评价 (9)五、临床研究中使用患者报告结局的考虑 (11)(一)估计目标框架 (11)(二)选择患者报告结局作为临床研究终点 (11)(三)研究方案和研究报告中有关量表的阐述 (12)(四)量表的有效应答 (12)(五)缺失数据 (13)(六)多重性问题 (14)(七)结果的解释 (14)(八)PRO/ePRO的质量控制 (15)(九)真实世界研究中PRO/ePRO的使用 (16)六、电子化患者报告结局 (16)(一)ePRO测量 (16)(二)使用ePRO的一般考虑 (17)七、与审评机构的沟通交流 (19)参考文献 (20)附录1:词汇表 (22)附录2:中英文词汇对照 (26)123一、引言4临床结局是评价药物治疗获益与风险的核心依据,如何5准确、可靠、完整地观测临床结局至关重要。
患者报告结局6(patient-reported outcome,PRO)是临床结局的形式之一,在药7物注册临床研究中得到越来越广泛的使用。
另外,随着以患8者为中心的药物研发的理念和实践的不断发展,在药物全生9命周期中获取患者体验数据并将其有效地融入到药物的研10发和评价中日益受到重视,而PRO也是其中的一个重要组11成部分。
12本指导原则旨在阐明PRO的定义以及在药物注册研究13中的适用范围,PRO测量特别是量表研发和使用的一般原则,14PRO数据采集的质量控制,数据分析和解释需要注意的事项,15以及与监管部门的沟通等,为申办者提供药物注册研究中合16理使用PRO数据提供指导性意见。
17本指导原则适用于使用PRO作为终点指标支持药品注18册的临床研究,包括临床试验和真实世界研究。
Steven R. Levine and Patrick D. LydenJames C. Grotta, K. M. A. Welch, Susan C. Fagan, Mei Lu, Michael R. Frankel, Thomas Brott,Clinical Deterioration Following Improvement in the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial Print ISSN: 0039-2499. Online ISSN: 1524-4628Copyright © 2001 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved.is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231Stroke doi: 10.1161/01.STR.32.3.6612001;32:661-668Stroke./content/32/3/661World Wide Web at:The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located on the//subscriptions/is online at: Stroke Information about subscribing to Subscriptions:/reprints Information about reprints can be found online at: Reprints:document. Permissions and Rights Question and Answer process is available in the Request Permissions in the middle column of the Web page under Services. Further information about this Once the online version of the published article for which permission is being requested is located, click can be obtained via RightsLink, a service of the Copyright Clearance Center, not the Editorial Office.Stroke in Requests for permissions to reproduce figures, tables, or portions of articles originally published Permissions:Clinical Deterioration Following Improvement in theNINDS rt-PA Stroke TrialJames C.Grotta,MD;K.M.A.Welch,MD;Susan C.Fagan,Pharm D;Mei Lu,PhD;Michael R.Frankel,MD;Thomas Brott,MD;Steven R.Levine,MD;Patrick D.Lyden,MD;and the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Study Group*Background and Purpose—Little is known in regard to cerebral arterial reocclusion after successful thrombolysis.In the absence of arteriographic information,the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke(NINDS)rt-PA Stroke Trial investigators prospectively identified clinical deterioration following improvement(DFI)as a possible surrogate marker of cerebral arterial reocclusion after rt-PA–induced recanalization.Also,we identified any significant clinical deterioration(CD)even if not preceded by improvement.This observational analysis was designed to determine the incidence of DFI and CD in each treatment group,to identify baseline or posttreatment variables predictive of DFI or CD,and to determine any relationship between DFI,CD,and clinical outcome.Methods—DFI was defined as any2-point deterioration on the NIH Stroke Scale after an initial2-point improvement after treatment.CD was defined as any4-point worsening after treatment compared with baseline.All data were collected prospectively by investigators blinded to treatment allocation.A noncontrast brain CT was mandated when a2-point deterioration occurred.All cases were validated by a central review committee.Results—DFI was identified in81of the624patients(13%);44were treated with rt-PA and37were treated with placebo (Pϭ0.48).DFI occurred more often in patients with a higher baseline NIH Stroke Scale score.CD within the first24 hours occurred in98patients(16%of all patients);43were given rt-PA and55were given placebo(Pϭ0.19).Baseline variables associated with CD included a less frequent use of prestroke aspirin and a higher incidence of early CT changes of edema or mass effect or dense middle cerebral artery sign.Patients with CD had higher rates of increased serum glucose and fibrin degradation products,and they also had higher rates of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage and death.Patients who experienced either DFI or CD were less likely to have a3-month favorable outcome. Conclusions—We found no association between DFI,CD,and rt-PA treatment,and no clinical evidence to suggest reocclusion.Deterioration was strongly associated with stroke severity and poor outcome and was less frequent in patients whose stroke occurred while they were on aspirin.(Stroke.2001;32:661-668.)Key Words:deteriorationⅢreocclusionⅢstrokeⅢthrombolysisA t the time the National Institute of Neurological Disor-ders and Stroke(NINDS)rt-PA Stroke Trial was de-signed,and even at present,the incidence and clinical significance of cerebral arterial reocclusion after opening the vessel by thrombolysis was not known.Yet this information may be important in designing an improved therapeutic strategy.If reocclusion is common and leads to worse clinical outcomes,as it does after coronary thrombolysis,then results of thrombolytic therapy might be improved by adding either antithrombotic therapy,such as anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs,or by endovascular techniques,such as angioplasty and stenting.On the other hand,if reocclusion occurs only infrequently,the risk of such measures may be unwarranted. The NINDS Trial protocol did not require cerebral arte-riography before or after treatment.On the basis of pilot animal and human data,1–4the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial investigators hypothesized that treatment was safest and most effective if started early and that most patients with clinical stroke symptoms persisting up to3hours would harbor an offending arterial occlusion.5These considerations persuaded us not to expend additional time and risk to identify the occlusion by arteriography before treatment.We also de-Received June26,2000;first revision received November27,2000;accepted December18,2000.From the Department of Neurology(J.C.G),University of Texas Medical School,Houston;Deparments of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology (M.L.),Pharmacy Services(M.R.F.),and Neurology(K.M.A.W,S.R.L.),Henry Ford Health Science Center,Detroit,Mich;Department of Neurology (M.R.F.),Emory University Medical School,Atlanta,Ga;Department of Neurology(T.B.),University of Cincinnati School of Medicine,Cincinnati, Ohio;Department of Neurology(S.R.L.),Wayne State University School of Medicine,Detroit,Mich;and the Department of Neurosciences(P.D.L.), University of California,San Diego.*For a complete list of investigators see Reference6.Correspondence to James Grotta,MD,Stroke Program,Department of Neurology,University of Texas Medical School,6431Fannin,Houston,Texas 77030.E-mail james.c.grotta@©2001American Heart Association,Inc.Stroke is available at cided,in the interest of safety and lack of existing evidence that reocclusion frequently occurred,to prohibit the use of antithrombotic or antiplatelet drugs for the first24hours after randomization to rt-PA or placebo.Although this strategy would eventually lead to a successful outcome,6we recog-nized that we would be unable to answer questions concern-ing arterial recanalization or reocclusion without arteriography.We undertook2strategies to address the question of recanalization and reocclusion.First,at one clinical site,we used available noninvasive methods,chiefly single-photon emission computed tomography of cerebral perfusion,to identify reperfusion caused by recanalization(presumptive-ly).These results showed a significantly higher rate of reperfusion in rt-PA–treated patients.7The second strategy was to identify a posttreatment clinical profile that might be suggestive of reocclusion after recanalization.We termed this profile“deterioration following improvement”(DFI),and we reasoned that if reocclusion occurred after reperfusion,and reperfusion was more common in rt-PA–treated patients,then DFI should also be more common in rt-PA–treated patients. This paper describes the results of a test of that hypothesis, identification of clinical predictors of DFI,correlation of DFI with outcome,and a similar prespecified analysis of signifi-cant clinical deterioration(CD)in general.Subjects and MethodsThe methods and results of the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial have been described.6The trial was composed of2consecutive,prospective-randomized comparisons of rt-PA versus placebo given within3 hours of symptom onset.For the purpose of the present analysis,data from parts1and2were combined to increase statistical power and confidence in results.Patients were enrolled at43hospitals at8 clinical centers.During the first24hours after rt-PA administration,patients’vital signs and neurological status were monitored at least every hour to promptly detect DFI or CD.If any such change was identified over the first7to10days after treatment,a full NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)and event form were completed.To address the hypotheses for this study,the following definitions of DFI and CD were used throughout the trial.DFI was any decrease(improvement)of2or more points in the NIHSS followed by an increase(deterioration)of2or more points that,in the judgment of the investigator,was clinically significant or lastedϾ8hours.CD was any4or more point increase in the NIHSS compared with baseline.Any NIHSS increase of2or more points mandated a repeat stat noncontrast CT head scan per protocol so that a repeat CT was performed when DFI or CD was detected.Data were collected at the clinical centers by investigators blinded to treatment group on special case report forms specifi-cally designed to provide information concerning each DFI. These forms were sent to the coordinating center where they were reviewed by the study’s medical monitors(K.M.A.W.was as-sisted by S.F.),who were blinded to treatment assignment and who validated the DFI and determined the presumptive cause on the basis of all available clinical information.Possible presump-tive causes included reocclusion,edema,hemorrhage,or other(ie, hypoxia,hypotension,seizure,or new infarct).The cause was arbitrarily assigned to the“reocclusion”category if no other cause was evident(ie,“unknown”was not a category).These decisions were made in concert with the investigators at the clinical center, and in case of dispute,the final decision regarding classification or cause was made by the principal investigator at each clinical center.In comparing the incidence of DFI in the2treatment groups,the denominator used was those patients in each group who improved2 points on the NIHSS during the time interval being evaluated.We studied DFI or CD in relationship to stroke outcome including symptomatic or asymptomatic intracranial hemorrhages(ICH) within36hours,death within90days,or complete or nearly complete recovery measured from4neurological scales defined in the previous publication.6We began with testing treatment by DFI or CD interactions using the␣level0.10,followed with testing the individual effect of DFI or CD at a level of0.05if the interaction was not detected.All analyses were conducted using logistic regression with calculation of the odds ratio(OR)and95%confidence limits. For worse outcomes,an OR and confidence limitϾ1indicated that patients with DFI or CD were more likely to have a worse outcome compared with patients who did not.For a favorable outcome,an OR and confidence limitϽ1indicated that patients who suffered DFI or CD were less likely to have a favorable outcome compared with patients who did not.The analyses were rerun by including those baseline variables associated with ICH or a3-month favorable outcome identified in previous studies of the NINDS Trial database.8,9To detect baseline variables that might be associated with either DFI or CD,we included all variables tested in a previous analysis of baseline predictors of outcome and treatment response in the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial9as well as the following:serum glucose,white blood cell count(WBC),hematocrit(HCT),fibrinogen and fibrin degradation products(FDP),use of calcium channel blockers, aspirin,heparin,and antihypertensive therapy.The following posttreatment variables obtained over the first24 hours after treatment were also tested:NIHSS,serum glucose,WBC, HCT,fibrinogen and FDP,maximum mean arterial blood pressure (MAP),a decrease of MAP by20mm Hg(mean of3consecutive reads compared with mean of first4reads),maximum decline of MAP between2consecutive reads,cardiac arrhythmia,syncope, angina,cardiac arrest,congestive heart failure,antihypertensive therapy,and calcium channel blocker therapy.The statistical analysis of pretreatment and posttreatment variables and DFI or CD began with univariate tests at a critical value of0.2 to include candidates for the multivariable model,followed by multivariable analyses using a logistic model,adjusting by treatment for the posttreatment model and by centers if the incidence of DFI was unbalanced among the centers.Any individual variable with PϽ0.05or variable interactions with PϽ0.10were retained in the final model.This modeling process has been described in detail previously.9The quantified association,OR,and its confidence of each pretreatment or posttreatment variable(eg,treatment with rt-PA)with DFI or CD were reported.An ORϽ1.0of rt-PA versus placebo and confidence limits excluding1,for example,indicated that patients treated with rt-PA were less likely to have DFI or CD compared with patients treated with placebo.As another example,an OR of MAP drop over20mm HgϽ1.0and confidence limits excluding1indicated that patients with such an MAP drop were less likely to experience DFI or CD compared with patients without this change in MAP.Separate models were developed on the basis of the data collected at baseline and over the first24-hour posttreatment interval.The treatment variable was included in the posttreatment models to adjust for the effect of rt-PA on stroke outcome.DFI models were also adjusted for the clinical centers because of unbalanced incidence of DFI among centers.ResultsA total of81patients with DFI were identified:13%of all 624patients randomized.DFI occurred in44/312(14%)of rt-PA–treated patients,and37/312(12%)given placebo.DFI occurred within24hours in31/312(10%)of rt-PA–treated patients and29/312(9%)of placebo patients.None of these treatment group differences were significant(Pϭ0.48and Pϭ0.82,respectively).Because a difference between clinical662StrokeFigure 1.NIHSS scores over the first 24hours in patients with DFI.A,rt-PA patients.B,placebo patients.Grotta et al Deterioration Following Improvement 663centers was found in the frequency of DFIs (range 6%to 25%,P Ͻ0.05),the testing for differences in DFI between treatment groups,and subsequent analyses of DFI with baseline and posttreatment covariates,were adjusted by clinical centers.A graphic representation of NIHSS scores over the first 24hours for rt-PA and placebo DFI patients is depicted in Figure 1.Fifty-nine of all DFIs were attributed to reocclusion (32rt-PA versus 27placebo,P ϭ0.49),3were attributed to cerebral hemorrhage (2treated with rt-PA and 1with place-bo),and 8to cerebral edema (5treated with rt-PA and 3with placebo).Eleven were caused by “other”conditions (5treated with rt-PA and 6with placebo).A total of 98patients with CD within 24hours after treatment were identified,which was 16%of all patients randomized,excluding 1patient who died before 24hours.Forty-three patients with CD had been treated with rt-PA compared with 55who received placebo (P ϭ0.19).Figure 2illustrates the proportion of patients deteriorating 2or more points,3or more points,and up to 14or more points on the NIHSS in the first 24hours compared with baseline by treatment group with 95%confidence limits.No treatment difference was detected at any cutoff point (all P Ͼ0.19,respectively).Another 13patients suffered CD by 7to 10days,but the difference between treatment groups was still not significant.A graphic representation of NIHSS scores over the first 24hours in rt-PA and placebo CD patients is depicted in Figure 3.Of the 98patients with CD within 24hours,12(12.4%)were due to symptomatic hemorrhage.Because no treatment group differences were detected in the incidence of DFI or CD,the treatment variable was excluded from pretreatment models.Because rt-PA treat-ment might influence some posttreatment variables (eg,FDP),the treatment variable was retained in posttreatment models.DFI or CD in Relationship to Hemorrhage Within 36Hours,Death,or 3-Month Favorable OutcomesDFI was not associated with ICH or death at 90days.CD at 24hours and 7to 10days was highly associated with symptomatic ICH within 36hours (P Ͻ0.001;OR 9.7;95%CI,3.9to 24.5)and death at 90days (P Ͻ0.001;OR 4.4;95%CI,2.7to 7.1).Patients who experienced either DFI or CD were less likely to have a 3-month favorable outcome compared with patients who did not (OR 0.01to 0.92,P Ͻ0.03).Among patients with CD within 24hours after treatment,the rt-PA–treated group had a less chance of a favorable outcome compared with the placebo-treatedgroupFigure 2.Percentage of rt-PA and placebo patients with CD of 2to 14points on the NIHSS at 24hours,with 95%confidence limits.664StrokeFigure 3.NIHSS scores over the first 24hours in patients with CD.A,rt-PA patients.B,placebo patients.Grotta et al Deterioration Following Improvement 665(OR0.15;95%CI,0.03to0.94).On the other hand,for patients without deterioration at24hours,the rt-PA–treated group had a much greater chance of a3-month favorable outcome compared with the placebo-treated group(OR2.03; 95%CI,1.48to2.79).DFI or CD Associated With Pretreatment or Posttreatment VariablesBaseline variables significantly associated with any DFI,DFI occurring within24hours,CD within24hours,and CD within7to10days are presented in Table1.A higher baseline NIHSS score was associated with DFI(OR1.05; 95%CI,1.01to1.08for all DFI;OR1.04,95%CI,1.00to 1.08for DFI within24hours).The mean(25to75th quartile) baseline NIHSS score of DFI patients was16.611–22versus 14.59–19in non-DFI patients.No aspirin use before randomization(OR0.53;95%CI, 0.32to0.88)and early CT findings of edema or mass effect or dense middle cerebral artery sign(OR1.91,95%CI1.13 to3.23)were strongly associated with CD within24hours. Baseline NIHSS,glucose,and FDPՆ10mcg/mL were predictive of CD within7to10days.Mean(25to75th quartile)baseline NIHSS of CD patients was17.312–23versus 14.38–19in non-CD patients.Posttreatment variables significantly associated with any DFI,DFI occurring within24hours,and CD within24hours and7to10days are presented in Table2.Both DFI occurring within24hours of treatment and CD were associated with a worse NIHSS at24hours.Patients with a20mm Hg MAP drop from baseline during the first24hours after treatment were less likely to have DFI compared with patients who did not have such a MAP decline (OR0.34;95%CI,0.13to0.88).The association of HCT with DFI was treatment dependent (Pϭ0.04).When there was an abnormal HCT at24hours (35ϾHCTϾ55for males and40ϾHCTϾ60for females), patients treated with rt-PA were more likely to have DFI compared with rt-PA patients with normal HCT(OR1.98; 95%CI,0.97to4.00).The association of WBC with DFI was also dependent on treatment Pϭ0.01for interaction.Patients who were treated with rt-PA and with a WBC increment of1000cells were more likely to have DFI compared with the patients who were treated with rt-PA without such a WBC increment(OR1.14; 95%CI,1.04to1.24).A similar relationship with WBC was observed for early DFI occurring within24hours.CD by7to 10days was associated with increased glucose at24hours (OR1.07;95%CI,1.06to1.07).DiscussionThe main finding of this study,resulting from careful clinical observation of patients receiving rt-PA compared with pla-cebo,is that there was no difference detected between these treatment groups in the incidence of CD following initial improvement.This provides indirect but strong evidence that recanalization and increased reperfusion that has been asso-ciated with intravenous rt-PA therapy is not frequently followed by reocclusion as clinically defined in this study. This is true despite the fact that we had hypothesized DFI would occur more frequently in rt-PA–treated patients. Becker has documented reocclusion after intra-arterial lysis of basilar artery lesions,10but there are few other publishedTABLE1.Baseline Variables Significantly Associated With DFI or CD With P<0.05for Individual and0.1for2-Way InteractionsBaseline Variable All DFI DFI Within24HoursCD Within24HoursCD Within7–10DaysNIHSS,5-point increments 1.05(1.01,10.80) 1.05(1.00,1.08)⅐⅐⅐ 1.05(1.02,1.09) CT findings of early ischemia⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐ 1.91(1.13,3.23)⅐⅐⅐Aspirin use at baseline⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐0.53(0.32,0.88)⅐⅐⅐Serum glucose,10mg/dL increments⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐ 1.01(1.00,1.01) FDPՆ10mcg/mL⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐ 2.77(1.30,5.90)TABLE2.Posttreatment Variables Significantly Associated With DFI or CD With P<0.05for Individual and0.1for2-way InteractionsPosttreatment Variables All DFI DFI Within24HoursCD Within24HoursCD Within7–10DaysNIHSS,5-point increments⅐⅐⅐ 1.32(1.27,1.37)Pϭ.0032.54(2.44,2.64)PϽ.00012.18(2.11,2.25)PϽ.001MAP drop of20mm Hg systolic0.34(0.13,0.88)Pϭ.03⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐Serum glucose,10mg/dL increments⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐ 1.07(1.06,1.07)Pϭ.004 HCT X treatment Pϭ.04*⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐WBC X treatment Pϭ.01*Pϭ.01*⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐FDPՆ10mcg/mL X treatment⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐⅐Pϭ.03**P value for interaction.666Strokereports of documented reocclusion of cerebral vessels after thrombolysis.The main limitation of our study is that we relied on indirect clinical correlation rather than direct arteriographic observation and used arbitrary(but logical)NIHSS cutoffs to define improvement or deterioration.Perhaps limiting our analysis to patients with more dramatic improvement or deterioration or basing our results on arteriographic imaging would have revealed some treatment difference.Nonetheless, clinical fluctuation in acute stroke patients has been increas-ingly recognized and related to the state of perfusion in the acute stroke setting.11,12Therefore,we infer from our clinical data that it is unlikely that a substantial number of rt-PA cases have symptomatic reocclusion following physiologically meaningful reperfusion.Because DFI was not increased in rt-PA–treated patients, the present study does not support the routine use of antico-agulation to prevent reocclusion after intravenous rt-PA for acute ischemic stroke.However,our results should be con-sidered“hypothesis generating.”Additional study of this question is certainly worthwhile,especially if done with arteriographic correlation to determine the exact incidence and timing of recanalization and reocclusion.Experience with thrombolysis for acute coronary occlusion has demonstrated that arterial recanalization can be augmented and reocclusion can be prevented by use of antiplatelet therapy,especially the GPIIbIIIa antagonists.13Clinical fluctuation manifest as either DFI or CD was relatively common in this series,occurring in roughly15%of patients within the first24hours,which was consistent with previous clinical observations.14Early deterioration within6 hours of stroke onset was found in37.5%of patients enrolled in the European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study(ECASS).15 In our study,as in ECASS,both DFI and CD were closely related to the severity of the initial stroke because both were predicted by a worse baseline NIHSS score and CD was predicted by more prominent early CT changes. Surprisingly,DFI occurred less frequently in patients with a drop in blood pressure during the first24hours after treatment.It is well known that a reduction of blood pressure in the acute stroke setting may result in neurological wors-ening.However,in a previous analysis,we showed that treatment of blood pressure in the NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial was not associated with adverse outcome in the placebo-treated patients.16Furthermore,in the present study,we did not find that DFI was associated with a higher incidence of antihypertensive treatment.Therefore,our data suggest that some mechanism other than reduced perfusion pressure was responsible for most of the DFI occurring in our patients. Other potentially treatable mechanisms may explain some cases of DFI.Animal models and human MRI studies17,18 have demonstrated progressive enlargement of the irrevers-ibly damaged ischemic core to incorporate surrounding pen-umbral regions over the first24hours after stroke.Other studies have shown that reperfusion may aggravate damage in regions of moderate ischemia.19Both these pathophysiolog-ical processes could cause CD and may be targeted by neuroprotective therapy.In our study,the use of calcium channel blockers before treatment,which have sometimes been neuroprotective in animal models,did not effect the incidence of DFI.CD was more likely in patients not on aspirin at the time of their stroke.Aspirin improves outcome after stroke,20,21and some studies have suggested that strokes are less severe in patients taking aspirin.22Because our patients with CD had both more severe strokes and poorer outcomes,our data would support both these effects of aspirin.Because of its antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory properties,aspirin might reduce stroke severity and improve outcome by more than1mechanism.CD was also associated with elevated blood glucose and increased FDP.Previous studies have correlated elevated blood glucose levels with poor outcome.23–26Previous studies have also shown a relationship of stroke severity with hemostatic factors including FDP.27It is unlikely that the relationship of CD to increased FDP in our study was due to fibrinolysis resulting from rt-PA administration because CD was,if anything,less frequent in rt-P–treated patients.It is not clear if elevated glucose and FDP are causally related to poor outcome and not just the result of a more severe stroke. 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