Diagnosing capillary leak in critically ill patients: development of an innovative scoring instrument for non-invasive detection

Background The concomitant occurrence of the symptoms intravascular hypovolemia, peripheral edema and hemodynamic instability is typically named Capillary Leak Syndrome (CLS) and often occurs in surgical critical ill patients. However, neither a unitary definition nor standardized diagnostic criteri...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of Intensive Care 2021-12, Vol.11 (1), p.175-175, Article 175
Hauptverfasser: Wollborn, Jakob, Hassenzahl, Lars O., Reker, Daniel, Staehle, Hans Felix, Omlor, Anne Marie, Baar, Wolfgang, Kaufmann, Kai B., Ulbrich, Felix, Wunder, Christian, Utzolino, Stefan, Buerkle, Hartmut, Kalbhenn, Johannes, Heinrich, Sebastian, Goebel, Ulrich
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Zusammenfassung:Background The concomitant occurrence of the symptoms intravascular hypovolemia, peripheral edema and hemodynamic instability is typically named Capillary Leak Syndrome (CLS) and often occurs in surgical critical ill patients. However, neither a unitary definition nor standardized diagnostic criteria exist so far. We aimed to investigate common characteristics of this phenomenon with a subsequent scoring system, determining whether CLS contributes to mortality. Methods We conducted this single-center, observational, multidisciplinary, prospective trial in two separately run surgical ICUs of a tertiary academic medical center. 200 surgical patients admitted to the ICU and 30 healthy volunteers were included. Patients were clinically diagnosed as CLS or No-CLS group (each N = 100) according to the grade of edema, intravascular hypovolemia, hemodynamic instability, and positive fluid balance by two independent attending physicians with > 10 years of experience in ICU. We performed daily measurements with non-invasive body impedance electrical analysis, ultrasound and analysis of serum biomarkers to generate objective diagnostic criteria. Receiver operating characteristics were used, while we developed machine learning models to increase diagnostic specifications for our scoring model. Results The 30-day mortility was increased among CLS patients (12 vs. 1%, P  = 0.002), while showing higher SOFA-scores. Extracellular water was increased in patients with CLS with higher echogenicity of subcutaneous tissue [29(24–31) vs. 19(16–21), P  
ISSN:2110-5820
2110-5820
DOI:10.1186/s13613-021-00965-8