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After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma

BACKGROUND: Successful non-operative management (NOM) of blunt splenic trauma is enhanced with splenic angioembolization (SAE). Patients may still require splenectomy post-SAE for splenic infarction/necrosis. Prior studies have used white blood cell count (WBC), platelet count (PLT), and PLT:WBC rat...

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Autores principales: Bilello, John F, Sharp, Victoria L, Dirks, Rachel C, Kaups, Krista L, Davis, James W
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29766137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2017-000159
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author Bilello, John F
Sharp, Victoria L
Dirks, Rachel C
Kaups, Krista L
Davis, James W
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description BACKGROUND: Successful non-operative management (NOM) of blunt splenic trauma is enhanced with splenic angioembolization (SAE). Patients may still require splenectomy post-SAE for splenic infarction/necrosis. Prior studies have used white blood cell count (WBC), platelet count (PLT), and PLT:WBC ratio after splenectomy to predict complications, but none have evaluated these findings prior to splenectomy in patients who have undergone SAE. Changes in these values may indicate clinically significant splenic infarction, facilitating management of these patients. METHODS: Patients admitted to an American College of Surgeons verified level 1 trauma center from January 2007 to August 2017 who underwent SAE were identified. Patients with successful NOM after SAE (SAE/NOM) were compared with those requiring splenectomy (SAE/SPLEN). Data included demographics, splenic injury grade, Injury Severity Score (ISS), time to SAE and splenectomy, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay (LOS), and complete blood count. Lab values were analyzed immediately post-SAE (time 1) and day 5 post-SAE (or day of discharge) for SAE/NOM patients and day of SPLEN for SAE/SPLEN patients (time 2). Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U, χ(2) tests, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves with significance attributed to P<0.05. RESULTS: Of 124 patients undergoing SAE, 16 (13%) later required SPLEN for infarction/necrosis at a median of 5 days post-SAE (IQR: 3–10 days). SAE/SPLEN and SAE/NOM patients did not differ by age, gender, ISS, or grade of splenic injury. SAE/SPLEN patients had longer hospital LOS (23 vs. 10 days, P<0.001). WBC, PLT, and PLT:WBC ratio did not differ between the groups at time 1. At time 2, WBC was higher and PLT:WBC ratio was lower in SAE/SPLEN patients. Using ROC curves at time 2, the area under the curve was 0.90 (P<0.001) for WBC and 0.71 (P<0.007) for PLT:WBC ratio. DISCUSSION: Patients requiring splenectomy for clinically significant infarction/necrosis after SAE develop leukocytosis and decreased PLT:WBC ratio when compared with SAE/NOM patients. Monitoring these parameters allows more prompt diagnosis and operative intervention. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic/care management, level III.
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spelling pubmed-58877922018-05-14 After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma Bilello, John F Sharp, Victoria L Dirks, Rachel C Kaups, Krista L Davis, James W Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Original Article BACKGROUND: Successful non-operative management (NOM) of blunt splenic trauma is enhanced with splenic angioembolization (SAE). Patients may still require splenectomy post-SAE for splenic infarction/necrosis. Prior studies have used white blood cell count (WBC), platelet count (PLT), and PLT:WBC ratio after splenectomy to predict complications, but none have evaluated these findings prior to splenectomy in patients who have undergone SAE. Changes in these values may indicate clinically significant splenic infarction, facilitating management of these patients. METHODS: Patients admitted to an American College of Surgeons verified level 1 trauma center from January 2007 to August 2017 who underwent SAE were identified. Patients with successful NOM after SAE (SAE/NOM) were compared with those requiring splenectomy (SAE/SPLEN). Data included demographics, splenic injury grade, Injury Severity Score (ISS), time to SAE and splenectomy, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay (LOS), and complete blood count. Lab values were analyzed immediately post-SAE (time 1) and day 5 post-SAE (or day of discharge) for SAE/NOM patients and day of SPLEN for SAE/SPLEN patients (time 2). Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U, χ(2) tests, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves with significance attributed to P<0.05. RESULTS: Of 124 patients undergoing SAE, 16 (13%) later required SPLEN for infarction/necrosis at a median of 5 days post-SAE (IQR: 3–10 days). SAE/SPLEN and SAE/NOM patients did not differ by age, gender, ISS, or grade of splenic injury. SAE/SPLEN patients had longer hospital LOS (23 vs. 10 days, P<0.001). WBC, PLT, and PLT:WBC ratio did not differ between the groups at time 1. At time 2, WBC was higher and PLT:WBC ratio was lower in SAE/SPLEN patients. Using ROC curves at time 2, the area under the curve was 0.90 (P<0.001) for WBC and 0.71 (P<0.007) for PLT:WBC ratio. DISCUSSION: Patients requiring splenectomy for clinically significant infarction/necrosis after SAE develop leukocytosis and decreased PLT:WBC ratio when compared with SAE/NOM patients. Monitoring these parameters allows more prompt diagnosis and operative intervention. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic/care management, level III. BMJ Publishing Group 2018-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5887792/ /pubmed/29766137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2017-000159 Text en © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Bilello, John F
Sharp, Victoria L
Dirks, Rachel C
Kaups, Krista L
Davis, James W
After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma
title After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma
title_full After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma
title_fullStr After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma
title_full_unstemmed After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma
title_short After the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma
title_sort after the embo: predicting non-hemorrhagic indications for splenectomy after angioembolization in patients with blunt trauma
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5887792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29766137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2017-000159
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