TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of elevated lactate as a risk factor for pulmonary morbidity after early fixation of femoral shaft fractures
AU - Richards, Justin E.
AU - Matuszewski, Paul E.
AU - Griffin, Sean M.
AU - Koehler, Daniel M.
AU - Guillamondegui, Oscar D.
AU - O'Toole, Robert V.
AU - Bosse, Michael J.
AU - Obremskey, William T.
AU - Evans, Jason M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate lactate levels before reamed intramedullary nailing (IMN) of femur fractures treated with early fixation. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Three academic, tertiary care trauma centers. Patients: Age ≥18 years, injury severity score ≥17, admission lactate ≥ 2.5 mmol/L, elevated preoperative lactate preoperative lactate ≥ 2.5 mmol/L. Intervention: Reamed IMN of femur fracture within 24 hours. Main Outcome Measure: Total duration of mechanical ventilation, pulmonary complications (PC) duration of mechanical ventilation ≥5 days. Results: Four hundred and fourteen patients identified; 294/414 (71.0%) with admission lactate ≥ 2.5 mmol/L. No difference in PC among the groups (86/294, 29.3% vs. 28/120, 23.3%; P 0.22). Median admission lactate: 3.7 (interquartile range: 3.0-4.6); median preoperative lactate: 2.8 (interquartile range: 1.9-3.5). 184/294 (62.6%) demonstrated an elevated preoperative lactate (≥ 2.5 mmol/L) before fracture fixation. No difference in elevated preoperative lactate and vent days (4.8 ± 9.9 vs. 3.9 ± 6.0, P 0.41) or PC (50/86, 58.1% vs. 134/208, 64.4%; P 0.31). There was no difference in PC when preoperative lactate was considered separately for a lactate ≥3.0 (34/123, 27.6% vs. 52/171, 30.4%; P 0.61), ≥3.5 (21/79, 26.6% vs. 65/215, 30.2%; P 0.54), or ≥4.0 (14/50, 28.0% vs. 72/244, 29.5%; P 0.83). Multivariable linear regression modeling demonstrated that admission lactate [coefficient of variation: 0.84, standard error: 0.33, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.20-1.49] was correlated with duration of mechanical ventilation, after adjusting for emergency department Glasgow Coma Scale, age, chest Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score, abdominal AIS, and admission glucose. Logistic regression demonstrated admission lactate was also significantly associated with PC (odds ratio: 1.26, 95% CI: 1.03-1.53) after controlling for age, admission Glasgow Coma Scale, chest AIS, abdominal AIS, admission pulse and admission glucose; preoperative lactate was not a risk factor (odds ratio: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.65-1.09) for PC. Conclusion: Median admission lactate of 3.7 mmol/L was associated with duration of mechanical ventilation ≥5 days, whereas median preoperative lactate of 2.8 mmol/L was not, when multisystem trauma patients with a femoral shaft fracture were treated with reamed IMN within 24 hours after admission. Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate lactate levels before reamed intramedullary nailing (IMN) of femur fractures treated with early fixation. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Three academic, tertiary care trauma centers. Patients: Age ≥18 years, injury severity score ≥17, admission lactate ≥ 2.5 mmol/L, elevated preoperative lactate preoperative lactate ≥ 2.5 mmol/L. Intervention: Reamed IMN of femur fracture within 24 hours. Main Outcome Measure: Total duration of mechanical ventilation, pulmonary complications (PC) duration of mechanical ventilation ≥5 days. Results: Four hundred and fourteen patients identified; 294/414 (71.0%) with admission lactate ≥ 2.5 mmol/L. No difference in PC among the groups (86/294, 29.3% vs. 28/120, 23.3%; P 0.22). Median admission lactate: 3.7 (interquartile range: 3.0-4.6); median preoperative lactate: 2.8 (interquartile range: 1.9-3.5). 184/294 (62.6%) demonstrated an elevated preoperative lactate (≥ 2.5 mmol/L) before fracture fixation. No difference in elevated preoperative lactate and vent days (4.8 ± 9.9 vs. 3.9 ± 6.0, P 0.41) or PC (50/86, 58.1% vs. 134/208, 64.4%; P 0.31). There was no difference in PC when preoperative lactate was considered separately for a lactate ≥3.0 (34/123, 27.6% vs. 52/171, 30.4%; P 0.61), ≥3.5 (21/79, 26.6% vs. 65/215, 30.2%; P 0.54), or ≥4.0 (14/50, 28.0% vs. 72/244, 29.5%; P 0.83). Multivariable linear regression modeling demonstrated that admission lactate [coefficient of variation: 0.84, standard error: 0.33, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.20-1.49] was correlated with duration of mechanical ventilation, after adjusting for emergency department Glasgow Coma Scale, age, chest Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score, abdominal AIS, and admission glucose. Logistic regression demonstrated admission lactate was also significantly associated with PC (odds ratio: 1.26, 95% CI: 1.03-1.53) after controlling for age, admission Glasgow Coma Scale, chest AIS, abdominal AIS, admission pulse and admission glucose; preoperative lactate was not a risk factor (odds ratio: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.65-1.09) for PC. Conclusion: Median admission lactate of 3.7 mmol/L was associated with duration of mechanical ventilation ≥5 days, whereas median preoperative lactate of 2.8 mmol/L was not, when multisystem trauma patients with a femoral shaft fracture were treated with reamed IMN within 24 hours after admission. Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
KW - femur fracture
KW - lactate
KW - pulmonary complications
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U2 - 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000528
DO - 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000528
M3 - Article
C2 - 27206261
AN - SCOPUS:84970971184
SN - 0890-5339
VL - 30
SP - 312
EP - 318
JO - Journal of orthopaedic trauma
JF - Journal of orthopaedic trauma
IS - 6
ER -