Samira Shojaee1, Najib Rahman2, Kevin Haas3, Ryan Kern4, Michael Leise5, Mohammed Alnijoumi6, Carla Lamb7, Adnan Majid8, Jason Akulian9, Fabien Maldonado10, Hans Lee11, Marwah Khalid12, Todd Stravitz13, Le Kang14, Alexander Chen15. 1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA. Electronic address: sshojaee@mcvh-vcu.edu. 2. Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford Center for Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, England; Oxford National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Center, Oxford, England. 3. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. 4. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. 5. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. 6. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. 7. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Lynnfield, MA. 8. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. 9. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. 10. Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. 11. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. 12. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA. 13. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA. 14. Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA. 15. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The outcome of indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) use in hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is unclear. This study aimed to review the safety and feasibility of the IPC in patients with refractory HH. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study of patients with HH from January 2010 to December 2016 was performed. Inclusion criteria were refractory HH treated with an IPC and an underlying diagnosis of cirrhosis. Records were reviewed for patient demographics, operative reports, and laboratory values. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate catheter time to removal. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to evaluate for independent predictors of pleurodesis and death. RESULTS: Seventy-nine patients were identified from eight institutions. Indication for IPC placement was palliation in 58 patients (73%) and bridge to transplant in 21 patients (27%). The median in situ dwell time of all catheters was 156 days (range, 16-1,978 days). Eight patients (10%) were found to have pleural space infection, five of whom also had catheter-site cellulitis. Two patients (2.5%) died secondary to catheter-related sepsis. Catheter removal secondary to spontaneous pleurodesis was achieved in 22 patients (28%). Median time from catheter insertion to pleurodesis was 55 days (range, 10-370 days). Older age was an independent predictor of mortality on multivariate analysis (hazard ratio, 1.05; P = .01). CONCLUSIONS: We present, to our knowledge, the first multicenter study examining outcomes related to IPC use in HH. Ten percent infection risk and 2.5% mortality were identified. IPC placement may be a reasonable clinical option for patients with refractory HH, but it is associated with significant adverse events in this morbid population.
BACKGROUND: The outcome of indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) use in hepatic hydrothorax (HH) is unclear. This study aimed to review the safety and feasibility of the IPC in patients with refractory HH. METHODS: A retrospective multicenter study of patients with HH from January 2010 to December 2016 was performed. Inclusion criteria were refractory HH treated with an IPC and an underlying diagnosis of cirrhosis. Records were reviewed for patient demographics, operative reports, and laboratory values. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate catheter time to removal. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to evaluate for independent predictors of pleurodesis and death. RESULTS: Seventy-nine patients were identified from eight institutions. Indication for IPC placement was palliation in 58 patients (73%) and bridge to transplant in 21 patients (27%). The median in situ dwell time of all catheters was 156 days (range, 16-1,978 days). Eight patients (10%) were found to have pleural space infection, five of whom also had catheter-site cellulitis. Two patients (2.5%) died secondary to catheter-related sepsis. Catheter removal secondary to spontaneous pleurodesis was achieved in 22 patients (28%). Median time from catheter insertion to pleurodesis was 55 days (range, 10-370 days). Older age was an independent predictor of mortality on multivariate analysis (hazard ratio, 1.05; P = .01). CONCLUSIONS: We present, to our knowledge, the first multicenter study examining outcomes related to IPC use in HH. Ten percent infection risk and 2.5% mortality were identified. IPC placement may be a reasonable clinical option for patients with refractory HH, but it is associated with significant adverse events in this morbid population.
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