Description

Smischney et al identified risk factors for hypotension following intubation in an adult in the intensive care unit (ICU). This can help to identify a high-risk patient who may require more aggressive management. The authors are from multiple institutions in the United States and members of the SCCM Discovery HEMAIR Investigators Consortium.


Patient selection: critically-illadult being intubated

 

Parameters:

(1) APACHE II score

(2) age in years

(3) sepsis

(4) intubation setting

(5) diuretics given in the past 24 hours

(6) catecholamines given in the 60 minutes prior to intubation

(7) phenylephrine given in the 60 minutes prior to intubation

(8) systolic blood pressure in mm Hg

(9) etomidate used for intubation

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

APACHE II score

<= 10

0

 

11 to 15

1

 

16 to 20

2

 

21 to 25

3

 

>= 26

4

age in years

<= 40 years

0

 

41 to 50

0.5

 

51 to 60

1

 

61 to 70

1.5

 

71 to 80

2

 

>= 81 years

3

sepsis

no

0

 

yes

1

intubation setting

respiratory failure

1

 

MAP < 65 mm Hg

3.5

 

cardiac arrest

2

 

other

0

diuretics

no

0

 

yes

3

catecholamines

no

0

 

yes

5

phenylephrine

no

0

 

yes

1

systolic blood pressure

< 90 mm Hg

10.5

 

90 to 99 mm Hg

7

 

100 to 109 mm Hg

5

 

110 to 119 mm Hg

3

 

120 to 129 mm Hg

1

 

>= 130 mm Hg

0

etomidate

no

0

 

yes

-1.5

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all of the parameters)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: -1.5

• maximum score: 31

 

Total Score

Risk Group

Hypotension

<= 1.5

low

12%

2 to 10.5

moderate

27%

11 to 18.5

high

58%

>= 19

very high

72%

 

Performance:

• The area under the ROC curve is 0.75


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