Yahya Shehabi1,2, Rinaldo Bellomo3,4,5, Suhaini Kadiman6, Lian Kah Ti7, Belinda Howe8, Michael C Reade9, Tien Meng Khoo10, Anita Alias11, Yu-Lin Wong12, Amartya Mukhopadhyay7, Colin McArthur13, Ian Seppelt14, Steven A Webb8,15, Maja Green1, Michael J Bailey1,8. 1. Critical Care and Perioperative Services, Monash University and Monash Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 2. Clinical School, University New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 4. Faculty of Medicine, Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 5. Department of Intensive Care, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 6. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 7. Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Hospital, Singapore. 8. Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. 9. University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia. 10. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Sabah, Malaysia. 11. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hospital Melaka - Jalan Mufti Hj Khalil, Melaka, Malaysia. 12. Department of Anaesthesia, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. 13. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. 14. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School, Nepean, NSW, Australia. 15. Department of Intensive Care, St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Perth, WA, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: In the absence of a universal definition of light or deep sedation, the level of sedation that conveys favorable outcomes is unknown. We quantified the relationship between escalating intensity of sedation in the first 48 hours of mechanical ventilation and 180-day survival, time to extubation, and delirium. DESIGN: Harmonized data from prospective multicenter international longitudinal cohort studies SETTING: : Diverse mix of ICUs. PATIENTS: Critically ill patients expected to be ventilated for longer than 24 hours. INTERVENTIONS: Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale and pain were assessed every 4 hours. Delirium and mobilization were assessed daily using the Confusion Assessment Method of ICU and a standardized mobility assessment, respectively. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Sedation intensity was assessed using a Sedation Index, calculated as the sum of negative Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale measurements divided by the total number of assessments. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard models to adjust for relevant covariates. We performed subgroup and sensitivity analysis accounting for immortal time bias using the same variables within 120 and 168 hours. The main outcome was 180-day survival. We assessed 703 patients in 42 ICUs with a mean (SD) Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score of 22.2 (8.5) with 180-day mortality of 32.3% (227). The median (interquartile range) ventilation time was 4.54 days (2.47-8.43 d). Delirium occurred in 273 (38.8%) of patients. Sedation intensity, in an escalating dose-dependent relationship, independently predicted increased risk of death (hazard ratio [95% CI], 1.29 [1.15-1.46]; p < 0.001, delirium hazard ratio [95% CI], 1.25 [1.10-1.43]), p value equals to 0.001 and reduced chance of early extubation hazard ratio (95% CI) 0.80 (0.73-0.87), p value of less than 0.001. Agitation level independently predicted subsequent delirium hazard ratio [95% CI], of 1.25 (1.04-1.49), p value equals to 0.02. Delirium or mobilization episodes within 168 hours, adjusted for sedation intensity, were not associated with survival. CONCLUSIONS: Sedation intensity independently, in an ascending relationship, predicted increased risk of death, delirium, and delayed time to extubation. These observations suggest that keeping sedation level equivalent to a Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale 0 is a clinically desirable goal.
OBJECTIVES: In the absence of a universal definition of light or deep sedation, the level of sedation that conveys favorable outcomes is unknown. We quantified the relationship between escalating intensity of sedation in the first 48 hours of mechanical ventilation and 180-day survival, time to extubation, and delirium. DESIGN: Harmonized data from prospective multicenter international longitudinal cohort studies SETTING: : Diverse mix of ICUs. PATIENTS: Critically illpatients expected to be ventilated for longer than 24 hours. INTERVENTIONS: Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale and pain were assessed every 4 hours. Delirium and mobilization were assessed daily using the Confusion Assessment Method of ICU and a standardized mobility assessment, respectively. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Sedation intensity was assessed using a Sedation Index, calculated as the sum of negative Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale measurements divided by the total number of assessments. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard models to adjust for relevant covariates. We performed subgroup and sensitivity analysis accounting for immortal time bias using the same variables within 120 and 168 hours. The main outcome was 180-day survival. We assessed 703 patients in 42 ICUs with a mean (SD) Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score of 22.2 (8.5) with 180-day mortality of 32.3% (227). The median (interquartile range) ventilation time was 4.54 days (2.47-8.43 d). Delirium occurred in 273 (38.8%) of patients. Sedation intensity, in an escalating dose-dependent relationship, independently predicted increased risk of death (hazard ratio [95% CI], 1.29 [1.15-1.46]; p < 0.001, delirium hazard ratio [95% CI], 1.25 [1.10-1.43]), p value equals to 0.001 and reduced chance of early extubation hazard ratio (95% CI) 0.80 (0.73-0.87), p value of less than 0.001. Agitation level independently predicted subsequent delirium hazard ratio [95% CI], of 1.25 (1.04-1.49), p value equals to 0.02. Delirium or mobilization episodes within 168 hours, adjusted for sedation intensity, were not associated with survival. CONCLUSIONS: Sedation intensity independently, in an ascending relationship, predicted increased risk of death, delirium, and delayed time to extubation. These observations suggest that keeping sedation level equivalent to a Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale 0 is a clinically desirable goal.
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