HO YEH LI
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Instituto Central, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/54 - Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/54 - Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Protective ventilation and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19: a cohort study(2021) FERREIRA, Juliana C.; HO, Yeh-Li; BESEN, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro; MALBOUISSON, Luiz Marcelo Sa; TANIGUCHI, Leandro Utino; MENDES, Pedro Vitale; COSTA, Eduardo Leite Vieira; PARK, Marcelo; DALTRO-OLIVEIRA, Renato; ROEPKE, Roberta M. L.; SILVA-JR, Joao M.; CARMONA, Maria Jose Carvalho; CARVALHO, Carlos R. R.Background Approximately 5% of COVID-19 patients develop respiratory failure and need ventilatory support, yet little is known about the impact of mechanical ventilation strategy in COVID-19. Our objective was to describe baseline characteristics, ventilatory parameters, and outcomes of critically ill patients in the largest referral center for COVID-19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during the first surge of the pandemic. Methods This cohort included COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive care units (ICUs) of an academic hospital with 94 ICU beds, a number expanded to 300 during the pandemic as part of a state preparedness plan. Data included demographics, advanced life support therapies, and ventilator parameters. The main outcome was 28-day survival. We used a multivariate Cox model to test the association between protective ventilation and survival, adjusting for PF ratio, pH, compliance, and PEEP. Results We included 1503 patients from March 30 to June 30, 2020. The mean age was 60 +/- 15 years, and 59% were male. During 28-day follow-up, 1180 (79%) patients needed invasive ventilation and 666 (44%) died. For the 984 patients who were receiving mechanical ventilation in the first 24 h of ICU stay, mean tidal volume was 6.5 +/- 1.3 mL/kg of ideal body weight, plateau pressure was 24 +/- 5 cmH(2)O, respiratory system compliance was 31.9 (24.4-40.9) mL/cmH(2)O, and 82% of patients were ventilated with protective ventilation. Noninvasive ventilation was used in 21% of patients, and prone, in 36%. Compliance was associated with survival and did not show a bimodal pattern that would support the presence of two phenotypes. In the multivariable model, protective ventilation (aHR 0.73 [95%CI 0.57-0.94]), adjusted for PF ratio, compliance, PEEP, and arterial pH, was independently associated with survival. Conclusions During the peak of the epidemic in Sao Paulo, critically ill patients with COVID-19 often required mechanical ventilation and mortality was high. Our findings revealed an association between mechanical ventilation strategy and mortality, highlighting the importance of protective ventilation for patients with COVID-19.
- Summary of Evidence and Recommendations: Guidelines for Care of Critically Ill Adult Patients with COVID-19 in the Americas(2021) REVEIZ, Ludovic; TOLEDO, Joao; TORRES, Marcela; IZCOVICH, Ariel; BALBIN, Graciela Josefina; SA, Marcio Borges; LISBOA, Thiago Costa; CUELLAR, Gustavo Gabriel; JAIMES, Fabian; DELSO, Luis Antonio Gorordo; MEZA, Juan Carlos; RESTREPO, Sonia; RODRIGUEZ, Angel; SALAZAR, Leonardo; SOSA, Ojino; UBIERGO, Sebastian Ugarte; LI, Ho Yeh; MENDEZ, Jairo; FUENTE, Luis de la; CASTRO, Jose Luis; LEMGRUBEI, Alexandre; CACCAVO, Francisco; BELTRAN, Mauricio; PEIRIS, Sasha; PARDO, RodrigoIntroduction. In 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has spread around the world. Approximately 5% of infected patients are critical cases that require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). In these patients, COVID-19 can be complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome, septic shock, and multi-organ failure, including kidney and heart failure. Objective. Summarize the recommendations included in the Guidelines for Care of Critically Ill Adult Patients with COVID-19 in the Americas, version 3, published by the Pan American Health Organization in 2021 to guide the management of critically ill adult patients with COVID-19 treated in the ICU, and address key aspects of implementation of the recommendations. Methodology. The guidelines and their recommendations were summarized. In addition, a systematic search was carried out in Pubmed, Lilacs, Health Systems Evidence, Epistemonikos, and gray literature on studies carried out in the Region of the Americas, in order to identify barriers, facilitators, and implementation strategies. Results. Forty-three recommendations are presented that address the identification of markers and risk factors for mortality, infection prevention and control, specimen collection, supportive care (ventilatory and hemodynamic), pharmacological treatment, early rehabilitation, use of imaging studies, prevention of complications, and discharge criteria for critical patients with COVID-19. Conclusions. The recommendations seek to provide knowledge on the management of critical patients with COVID-19 and offer considerations for implementation of the recommendations in the Region.
- Disinfection of 3D-printed protective face shield during COVID-19 pandemic(2021) NOGUERA, Saidy Vasconez; ESPINOZA, Evelyn Patricia Sanchez; CORTES, Marina Farrel; OSHIRO, Izabel Cristina Vilela; SPADAO, Fernanda de Sousa; BRANDAO, Laura Maria Brasileiro; BARROS, Ana Natiele da Silva; COSTA, Sibeli; ALMEIDA, Bianca Leal de; SORIANO, Paula Gemignani; SALLES, Alessandra Grassi; ESCORCIO, Mirian Elizabete Marques; BARRETTI, Cristina Madeira; BAPTISTA, Fernanda Spadotto; ALVARENGA, Glaura Souza; MARINHO, Igor; LETAIF, Leila Suemi Harima; LI, Ho Ye; BACCHI, Pedro; SANTOS, Ana Rubia Guedes dos; REGADAS, Lucas Borges; BRAGA, Carlos Eduardo Lima; ZSIGMOND, Fabio; SEGURADO, Aluisio Cotrim; GUIMARAES, Thais; LEVIN, Anna Sara; BERTOLDI, Cristiane Aun; CATALANI, Luiz Henrique; ZANCUL, Eduardo de Senzi; COSTA, Silvia FigueiredoThis study assessed the disinfection using 70% ethanol; H2O2-quaternary ammonium salt mixture; 0.1% sodium hypochlorite and autoclaving of four 3D-printed face shields with different designs, visor materials; and visor thickness (0.5-0.75 mm). We also investigated their clinical suitability by applying a questionnaire to health workers (HW) who used them. Each type of disinfection was done 40 times on each type of mask without physical damage. In contrast, autoclaving led to appreciable damage.
- Histidine-based hydrogels via singlet-oxygen photooxidation(2021) LIBERATO, Michelle S.; CAVALCANTE, Nayara G. S.; SINDU, P. Abinaya; RODRIGUES-JESUS, Monica J.; ZELENOVSKII, Pavel; CARREIRA, Ana C. O.; BAPTISTA, Mauricio S.; SOGAYAR, Mari C.; FERREIRA, Luis C. S.; CATALANI, Luiz H.The formation of hydrogels by photosensitized oxidation and crosslinking of histidine-derived polymers is demonstrated for the first time. The photooxidation of pendant His mediated by singlet oxygen was used to promote covalent coupling by its dimerization. As a proof-of-concept, two systems were studied: (i) chondroitin sulfate (CS) functionalized with His, and (ii) an elastin-like peptide (ELP) containing His produced by recombinant techniques. Both materials were crosslinked by irradiation at 425 nm in the presence of Zn-porphyrin derivatives yielding His-based hydrogels. The molecular structure and physicochemical properties of ELP-His and other 5 ELPs with photooxidizable amino acids were studied in silica by computer simulation. A correlation between the protein conformation and its elastic properties is discussed. CS-His hydrogels demonstrate larger storage moduli than ELPs with other amino acids. The obtained results show the potential use of photooxidation to create a new type of His-based hydrogels.
- Staging liver fibrosis after severe yellow fever with ultrasound elastography in Brazil: A six-month follow-up study(2021) NEVES, Yuri Costa Sarno; CASTRO-LIMA, Victor Augusto Camarinha de; SOLLA, Davi Jorge Fontoura; OGATA, Vivian Simone de Medeiros; PEREIRA, Fernando Linhares; ARAUJO, Jordana Machado; NASTRI, Ana Catharina Seixas; HO, Yeh-Li; CHAMMAS, Maria CristinaBackground Yellow fever (YF) is a hemorrhagic disease caused by an arbovirus endemic in South America, with recent outbreaks in the last years. Severe cases exhibit fulminant hepatitis, but there are no studies regarding its late-term effects on liver parenchyma. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency and grade of liver fibrosis in patients who recovered from severe YF and to point out potential predictors of this outcome. Methodology/Principal findings We followed-up 18 patients who survived severe YF during a recent outbreak (January-April 2018) in Brazil using ultrasound (US) with shear-wave elastography (SWE) at 6 months after symptoms onset. No patient had previous history of liver disease. Median liver stiffness (LS) was 5.3 (4.6-6.4) kPa. 2 (11.1%) patients were classified as Metavir F2, 1 (8.3%) as F3 and 1 (8.3%) as F4; these two last patients had features of cardiogenic liver congestion on Doppler analysis. Age and cardiac failure were associated with increased LS (p = 0.036 and p = 0.024, respectively). SAPS-3 at ICU admission showed a tendency of association with significant fibrosis (>= F2; p = 0.053). 7 patients used sofosbuvir in a research protocol, of which none showed liver fibrosis (p = 0.119). Conclusions/Significance We found a low frequency of liver fibrosis in severe YF survivors. US with SWE may have a role in the follow up of patients of age and / or with comorbidities after hospital discharge in severe YF, a rare but reemergent disease. Author summary Yellow fever (YF) is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes and represents an important health problem in countries of South America and Africa, with recent outbreaks in the past few years. Severe cases lead to fulminant hepatitis and death; it has also been reported that surviving patients tend to recover / ""regenerate"" the liver after the acute phase of the disease. However, there are no prior investigations on this matter. Thus, we followed up a group of previously healthy patients who had severe YF 6 months after the initial symptoms, using a non-invasive ultrasound technique of estimating the liver fibrosis (scar tissue) grade, called elastography. In our findings, we report a low frequency of liver fibrosis. Thus, we concluded that patients who had severe YF are not likely to have late-term liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. Nevertheless, there are some specific individuals (older or with chronic diseases) that might need further evaluation.
- Ultrasound Findings and Laboratory Predictors of Early Mortality in Patients With Severe Yellow Fever(2021) NEVES, Yuri C. S.; CASTRO-LIMA, Victor A. C.; SOLLA, Davi J. F.; OGATA, Vivian S. M.; PEREIRA, Fernando L.; ARAUJO, Jordana M.; HO, Yeh-Li; CHAMMAS, Maria CristinaOBJECTIVE. Yellow fever is a hemorrhagic disease caused by an arbovirus endemic in South America; outbreaks have occurred in recent years. The purpose of this study was to describe abdominal ultrasound findings in patients with severe yellow fever and correlate them with clinical and laboratory data. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A retrospective cohort study was performed between January and April 2018. The subjects were patients admitted to an ICU with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed yellow fever. Bedside sonography was performed within 48 hours of admission. Images were independently analyzed by two board-certified radiologists. Laboratory test samples were collected within 12 hours of image acquisition. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify 30-day mortality predictors; p < .05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS. Forty-six patients (40 [87%] men, six [13%] women; mean age, 47.5 +/- 15.2 years) were evaluated with bedside sonography. Laboratory tests showed high serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (5319 U/L), total bilirubin (6.2 mg/dL), and creatinine (4.3 mg/dL). Twenty-six (56.5%) patients died within 30 days of admission (median time to death, 5 days [interquartile range, 2-9 days]). The most frequent ultrasound findings were gallbladder wall thickening (80.4%), increased renal cortex echogenicity (71.7%), increased liver parenchyma echogenicity (65.2%), perirenal fluid (52.2%), and ascites (30.4%). Increased renal echogenicity was associated with 30-day mortality (84.6% versus 55.0%; p = .046) and was an independent predictor of this outcome after multivariate analysis (odds ratio, 10.89; p = .048). CONCLUSION. Reproducible abdominal ultrasound findings in patients with severe yellow fever may be associated with severity of disease and prognosis among patients treated in the ICU.