Toe-to-room temperature gradient correlates with tissue perfusion and predicts outcome in selected critically ill patients with severe infections - 08/01/26
, Claire Pichereau 1, 2 , Pierre-Yves Boelle 3 , Safaa Nemlaghi 1, 4 , Vincent Dubée 1, 2 , Gabriel Lejour 1 , Jean-Luc Baudel 1 , Arnaud Galbois 1, 4 , Jean-Rémi Lavillegrand 1 , Naïke Bigé 1 , Jalel Tahiri 1 , Guillaume Leblanc 1, 5 , Eric Maury 1, 2, 6 , Bertrand Guidet 1, 2, 6 , Hafid Ait-Oufella 1, 2, 7
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Abstract |
Background |
Microcirculatory disorders leading to tissue hypoperfusion play a central role in the pathophysiology of organ failure in severe sepsis and septic shock. As microcirculatory disorders have been identified as strong predictive factors of unfavourable outcome, there is a need to develop accurate parameters at the bedside to evaluate tissue perfusion. We evaluated whether different body temperature gradients could relate to sepsis severity and could predict outcome in critically ill patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.
Method |
We conducted a prospective observational study in a tertiary teaching hospital in France. During a 10-month period, all consecutive adult patients with severe sepsis or septic shock who required ICU admission were included. Six hours after initial resuscitation (H6), we recorded the hemodynamic parameters and four temperature gradients: central-to-toe, central-to-knee, toe-to-room and knee-to-room.
Results |
We evaluated 40 patients with severe sepsis (40/103, 39 %) and 63 patients with septic shock (63/103, 61 %). In patients with septic shock, central-to-toe temperature gradient was significantly higher (12.5 [9.2; 13.8] vs 6.9 [3.4; 12.0] °C, P < 0.001) and toe-to-room temperature gradient significantly lower (1.2 [−0.3; 5.2] vs 6.0 [0.6; 9.5] °C, P < 0.001) than in patients with severe sepsis. Overall ICU mortality rate due to multiple organ failure (MOF) was 21 %. After initial resuscitation, toe-to-room temperature gradient was significantly lower in patients dead from MOF than in the survivors (−0.2 [−1.1; +1.3] °C vs +3.9 [+0.5; +7.2] °C, P < 0.001) and the difference in gradients increased during the first 24 h. Furthermore, toe-to-room temperature gradient was related to tissue perfusion parameters such as arterial lactate level ( r = −0.54, P < 0.0001), urine output ( r = 0.37, P = 0.0002), knee capillary refill time ( r = −0.42, P < 0.0001) and mottling score ( P = 0.001).
Conclusions |
Toe-to-room temperature gradient reflects tissue perfusion at the bedside and is a strong prognosis factor in critically ill patients with severe infections.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Sepsis, Shock, Microcirculation, Outcome, Temperature gradient
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