Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Driveline infection (DLI) is a cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CF-LVADs). We hypothesized that an alternate dressing protocol would decrease the rate of DLIs. METHODS AND RESULTS:A retrospective review of CF-LVAD implants at a single institution from January 2010 to October 2015 was conducted. Patients were divided into implants before (group 1) and after (group 2) the introduction of the new protocol on September 1, 2012. Patients were followed until death, transplantation, change in dressing type, or 2 years. 153 patients were included: 61 in group 1 and 92 in group 2. Group 1 had fewer HVADs than group 2 (27.9% vs 71.7%; P < .001) and more destination therapy, although the latter was not statistically significant (50.8% vs 34.8%; P = .118). At 24 months, the freedom from DLI was 53% in group 1 and 89% in group 2 (P = .01). Group 1 had a significantly greater risk of DLI than group 2 (incident rate ratio 3.18, 95% confidence interval 1.23-8.18; P = .016). CONCLUSIONS:Dramatic improvement in freedom from DLI at 2 years was achieved with a new driveline dressing protocol. This demonstrates that DLI rates can be improved with alternate percutaneous site care techniques in CF-LVAD patients.
journal_name
J Card Failjournal_title
Journal of cardiac failureauthors
Lander MM,Kunz N,Dunn E,Althouse AD,Lockard K,Shullo MA,Kormos RL,Teuteberg JJdoi
10.1016/j.cardfail.2018.07.464subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-11-01 00:00:00pages
746-752issue
11eissn
1071-9164issn
1532-8414pii
S1071-9164(18)30869-8journal_volume
24pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
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