TY - JOUR
T1 - Preoperative statin administration does not protect against early postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome
T2 - A retrospective cohort study
AU - Yadav, Hemang
AU - Lingineni, Ravi K.
AU - Slivinski, Ericka J.
AU - Stockler, Katie A.
AU - Subramanian, Arun
AU - Oderich, Gustavo S.
AU - Wigle, Dennis A.
AU - Carter, Rickey E.
AU - Kor, Daryl J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 International Anesthesia Research Society.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background: Statins have been shown to possess antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. In this study, we sought to determine if preoperative statin therapy is associated with a reduced frequency of postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in surgical populations at increased risk of developing ARDS.Results: Of 1845 patients, 722 were receiving preoperative statin therapy. One hundred twenty patients developed postoperative ARDS. Frequencies of ARDS among those receiving statin therapy versus those who were not was 7.2% and 6.1%, respectively (OR = 1.20; 95% CI, 0.83-1.75; P = 0.330). Neither the stratified propensity score analysis (pooled OR 0.93; 95% CI, 0.60-1.43) nor matched analysis (OR = 0.78; 95% CI, 0.48-1.27) identified a statistically significant association between preoperative statin administration and postoperative ARDS. When compared to matched controls, patients who developed postoperative ARDS did not differ in mortality (7.7% vs 8.8%, P = 0.51), hospital length of stay (21 days vs 15 days, P = 0.21), or ventilator-free days (24 days vs 25 days, P = 0.62).Conclusions: In patients undergoing high-risk surgery, preoperative statin therapy was not associated with a statistically significant reduction in postoperative ARDS. These results do not support the use of statins as prophylaxis against ARDS in patients undergoing high-risk surgery.Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort evaluation of the association between preoperative statin therapy and early postoperative ARDS in patients undergoing elective high-risk thoracic and aortic vascular surgery. The association between preoperative statin therapy and postoperative ARDS was assessed using propensity-adjusted analyses to control for indication bias and confounding factors.
AB - Background: Statins have been shown to possess antiinflammatory and immunomodulatory effects. In this study, we sought to determine if preoperative statin therapy is associated with a reduced frequency of postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in surgical populations at increased risk of developing ARDS.Results: Of 1845 patients, 722 were receiving preoperative statin therapy. One hundred twenty patients developed postoperative ARDS. Frequencies of ARDS among those receiving statin therapy versus those who were not was 7.2% and 6.1%, respectively (OR = 1.20; 95% CI, 0.83-1.75; P = 0.330). Neither the stratified propensity score analysis (pooled OR 0.93; 95% CI, 0.60-1.43) nor matched analysis (OR = 0.78; 95% CI, 0.48-1.27) identified a statistically significant association between preoperative statin administration and postoperative ARDS. When compared to matched controls, patients who developed postoperative ARDS did not differ in mortality (7.7% vs 8.8%, P = 0.51), hospital length of stay (21 days vs 15 days, P = 0.21), or ventilator-free days (24 days vs 25 days, P = 0.62).Conclusions: In patients undergoing high-risk surgery, preoperative statin therapy was not associated with a statistically significant reduction in postoperative ARDS. These results do not support the use of statins as prophylaxis against ARDS in patients undergoing high-risk surgery.Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort evaluation of the association between preoperative statin therapy and early postoperative ARDS in patients undergoing elective high-risk thoracic and aortic vascular surgery. The association between preoperative statin therapy and postoperative ARDS was assessed using propensity-adjusted analyses to control for indication bias and confounding factors.
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U2 - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000387
DO - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000387
M3 - Article
C2 - 25076100
AN - SCOPUS:84914180195
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 119
SP - 891
EP - 898
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 4
ER -