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1 Foredragskonkurrence Abstract 7 Korresponderende forfaer Iben Engelund Luna Email [email protected] Afdeling Enhed for kirurgisk patofysiologi Hospital/instuon Rigshospitalet Medforfaere Henrik Kehlet, Claus Munk Jensen, Thorbjørn Chrisansen, Thomas Lind, Snorre Stephensen, Eske Aasvang Titel The effect of preoperave intraarcular methylprednisolone on pain aſter total knee arthroplasty - a double-blinded, randomized, placebo controlled trial in paents with high-pain knee osteoarthris and sensizaon Introducon Acute pain aſter total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains a considerable clinical problem with 75% of paents having moderate-se- vere pain on the first postoperave day and 30-40% aſter 2 weeks with implicaons for recovery and the development of persi- stent postsurgical pain condions [2]. Intense preoperave pain and central sensizaon have been associated to acute post-TKA pain, and intraarcular inflammaon suggested as the underlying pathogenic mechanism [1]. Intraarcular methylprednisolone (MP) is well-established to reduce pain in knee osteoarthris, and intraarcular administraon in arthroscopic surgery reduces postoperave pain [3]. A preoperave downregulaon of the intraarcular inflammaon in paents with high-pain osteoarthris and sensizaon could potenally serve as a strafied prevenve analgesic strategy in this subgroup of paents. Thus, we hy- pothesized that a single intraarcular dose of 40 mg MP administered one week prior to TKA would reduce acute postoperave pain in paents with preoperave high-pain knee-osteoarthris and central sensizaon. Methods 48 paents with high pain osteoarthris (NRS ≥ 5) and signs of central sensizaon (pressure algometry) were included in this double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Primary outcome was proporon of paent with moderate/severe pain during a 5 meter walk test 24 hours postoperavely. Secondary outcomes included pain during a 5 meter walk test at 48 hours, pain and opioid consumpon during the first 14 postoperave days and quantave sensory tesng (QST) of change in pressure pain threshold and temporal summaon to mechanical smulaon (wind-up) from prior to administraon of MP unl two days aſter surgery. Results There was no difference between MP/placebo groups in proporon of paents with moderate/severe pain at 24 hours (67% vs 74% respecvely, p=0.63), at 48 hours (p=0.46) or during the first 14 postoperave days in pain (p>0.44) or opioid consumpon (p=0.16) (table 1 and 2). MP did not reduce QST signs of sensizaon (p>0.41). In conclusion, our study does not support the use of methylprednisolone administered 1 week preoperavely to reduce moderate-severe post-TKA pain in paents with high pain osteoarthris and signs of central sensizaon. The need for an improved analgesic strategy in this subgroup of paents is emphasized, and other mechanism based treatment opons should be explored. Reference List [1] Arendt-Nielsen et al, Sensizaon in paents with painful knee osteoarthris, Pain 2010;149:573-581. [2] Grosu et al, Pain aſter knee arthroplasty: an unresolved issue, Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2014;22:1744-1758. [3] Rasmussen et al, Combined intra-arcular glucocorcoid, bupivacaine and morphine reduces pain and convalescence aſter diagnosc knee arthroscopy, Acta Orthop Scand 2002;73:175-178.

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Korresponderende forfatter Iben Engelund Luna Email [email protected] Afdeling Enhed for kirurgisk patofysiologi Hospital/institution Rigshospitalet Medforfattere HenrikKehlet,ClausMunkJensen,ThorbjørnChristiansen,ThomasLind,SnorreStephensen, Eske Aasvang Titel Theeffectofpreoperativeintraarticularmethylprednisoloneonpainaftertotalknee arthroplasty-adouble-blinded,randomized,placebocontrolledtrialinpatientswith high-painkneeosteoarthritisandsensitization

IntroductionAcutepainaftertotalkneearthroplasty(TKA)remainsaconsiderableclinicalproblemwith75%ofpatientshavingmoderate-se-verepainonthefirstpostoperativedayand30-40%after2weekswithimplicationsforrecoveryandthedevelopmentofpersi-stentpostsurgicalpainconditions[2].Intensepreoperativepainandcentralsensitizationhavebeenassociatedtoacutepost-TKApain,andintraarticularinflammationsuggestedastheunderlyingpathogenicmechanism[1].Intraarticularmethylprednisolone(MP)iswell-establishedtoreducepaininkneeosteoarthritis,andintraarticularadministrationinarthroscopicsurgeryreducespostoperativepain[3].Apreoperativedownregulationoftheintraarticularinflammationinpatientswithhigh-painosteoarthritisandsensitizationcouldpotentiallyserveasastratifiedpreventiveanalgesicstrategyinthissubgroupofpatients.Thus,wehy-pothesizedthatasingleintraarticulardoseof40mgMPadministeredoneweekpriortoTKAwouldreduceacutepostoperativepaininpatientswithpreoperativehigh-painknee-osteoarthritisandcentralsensitization.

Methods48patientswithhighpainosteoarthritis(NRS≥5)andsignsofcentralsensitization(pressurealgometry)wereincludedinthisdouble-blinded,randomized,placebo-controlledtrial.Primaryoutcomewasproportionofpatientwithmoderate/severepainduringa5meterwalktest24hourspostoperatively.Secondaryoutcomesincludedpainduringa5meterwalktestat48hours,painandopioidconsumptionduringthefirst14postoperativedaysandquantitativesensorytesting(QST)ofchangeinpressurepainthresholdandtemporalsummationtomechanicalstimulation(wind-up)frompriortoadministrationofMPuntiltwodaysaftersurgery.

ResultsTherewasnodifferencebetweenMP/placebogroupsinproportionofpatientswithmoderate/severepainat24hours(67%vs74%respectively,p=0.63),at48hours(p=0.46)orduringthefirst14postoperativedaysinpain(p>0.44)oropioidconsumption(p=0.16)(table1and2).MPdidnotreduceQSTsignsofsensitization(p>0.41).Inconclusion,ourstudydoesnotsupporttheuseofmethylprednisoloneadministered1weekpreoperativelytoreducemoderate-severepost-TKApaininpatientswithhighpainosteoarthritisandsignsofcentralsensitization.Theneedforanimprovedanalgesicstrategyinthissubgroupofpatientsisemphasized,andothermechanismbasedtreatmentoptionsshouldbeexplored.

Reference List[1]Arendt-Nielsenetal,Sensitizationinpatientswithpainfulkneeosteoarthritis,Pain2010;149:573-581.[2]Grosuetal,Painafterkneearthroplasty:anunresolvedissue,KneeSurgSportsTraumatolArthrosc2014;22:1744-1758.[3]Rasmussenetal,Combinedintra-articularglucocorticoid,bupivacaineandmorphinereducespainandconvalescenceafterdiagnostickneearthroscopy,ActaOrthopScand2002;73:175-178.

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Korresponderende forfatter AndersGranholmEmail [email protected] Afdeling DepartmentofIntensiveCare4131Hospital/institution Copenhagen University Hospital, RigshospitaletMedforfattere MortenHylanderMøller,MetteKrag,AndersPerner,PeterBuhlHjortrupTitel PredictiveperformanceofSAPSIIandinitialSOFAscoreinacutelyillICUpatients

IntroductionSeverityscoresincludingtheSimplifiedAcutePhysiologyScore(SAPS)II[1]andtheSequentialOrganFailureAssessment(SOFA)score[2]areusedinintensivecareunits(ICUs)toassessdiseaseseverity,predictmortalityandinresearch.WeassessedthepredictiveperformanceofSAPSIIandtheinitialSOFAscoreforin-hospitaland90-daymortalityinacontemporaryinternationalcohort.

MethodsThiswasapost-hocstudyoftheStressUlcerProphylaxisintheIntensiveCareUnitinceptioncohortstudy[3],whichincludedacutelyilladultsfromgeneralICUsacross11countries(n=1034).Therelevantethicalcommitteesineachcountrywaivedinfor-med consent.WecomparedthediscriminationofSAPSIIandinitialSOFAscores,comparedthediscriminationofSAPSIIinourcohortwiththeoriginalcohort,assessedthecalibrationofSAPSIIcustomisedtoourcohort,andcomparedthediscriminationfor90-daymortali-tyvs.in-hospitalmortalityforbothscores.Discriminationwasevaluatedusingareasunderthereceiveroperatingcharacteristicscurves(AUROC).CalibrationwasevaluatedusingHosmer-Lemeshow’sgoodness-of-fitĈ-statistic.

ResultsAUROCforin-hospitalmortalitywas0.80forSAPSIIand0.73fortheinitialSOFAscore(P<0.001forcomparison,Fig.1).Discrimi-nationofSAPSIIwassignificantlyreducedcomparedwiththeoriginalSAPSIIvalidationsample(P=0.001,Fig.2).CalibrationofthecustomisedSAPSIIforpredictingin-hospitalmortalitywasadequate(P=0.60).AUROCfor90-daymortalitywas0.79(P=0.74forcomparisonwithin-hospitalmortality)forSAPSIIand0.71(P=0.66forcomparisonwithin-hospitalmortality)fortheinitialSOFAscore(Fig.1).

DiscussionWefoundthatSAPSIIwassuperiorinpredictingmortalitycomparedwiththeinitialSOFAscore,whichwasnotdevelopedforthispurpose.TheperformanceofSAPSIIhasdeterioratedovertime,andre-calibrationshowedthatthescorewasassociatedwithalowermortalityriskinourcontemporarycohortcomparedwiththeolder,originalcohort.Discriminationwascomparablefor90-dayvs.in-hospitalmortalityforbothscores.

ConclusionThepredictiveperformanceofSAPSIIwassuperiortothatoftheinitialSOFAscore,comparableforin-hospitaland90-daymortality,butappearstohavedecreasedovertime.Useofacontemporaryseverityscorewithimprovedpredictiveperformancemay be indicated.

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References1.LeGalletal.JAMA19932.Vincentetal.IntensiveCareMed19963.Kragetal.IntensiveCareMed2015

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Korresponderende forfatter RikkeVibekeNielsenEmail [email protected] Afdeling NeuroanæstesiologiskKlinikHospital/institution Rigshospitalet-GlostrupMedforfattere FomsgaardJS,SiegelH,MartuseviciusR,NikolajsenL,DahlJB,MathiesenOTitel Intraoperativeketaminereducesimmediatepostoperativeopioidconsumptionafterspinal fusionsurgeryinchronicpainpatientswithopioiddependency:Arandomized,blindedtrial

IntroductionPerioperativehandlingofsurgicalpatientswithopioiddependencyrepresentsanimportantclinicalproblem.Animalstudiessuggestthatketamineattenuatescentralsensitizationandhyperalgesiaandtherebyreducespostoperativeopioidtolerance.Wethereforehypothesizedthatintraoperativeketaminewouldreduceimmediatepostoperativeopioidconsumptioncomparedtoplaceboinchronicpainpatientswithopioiddependencyundergoinglumbarspinalfusionsurgery.

MethodsOnehundredandfiftypatientsundergoingspinalfusionsurgerywererandomlyassignedtointraoperativeS-ketaminebolus0.5mg/kgandinfusion0.25mg/kg/horplacebo.Postoperativelypatientsreceivedtheirusualopioids,paracetamolandIVPatientControlledAnalgesia(PCA)withmorphine.Primaryoutcomewasmorphineconsumption0-24hpostoperatively.Secondaryout-comeswereacutepainatrestandduringmobilization2-24hpostoperatively(VAS),adverseeventsandpersistentpain6monthspostoperatively..

ResultsInthefinalanalyses147patientswereincluded(Table1).PCAIVmorphineconsumption0-24hourspostoperativelywassignifi-cantlyreducedintheketaminegroupcomparedtotheplacebogroup:79(47)vs121(53)mgIV,meandifference42mg(95%CI-59to-25),P<0.001.Sedationwassignificantlyreducedintheketaminegroup6hand24hpostoperatively.Therewerenosig-nificantdifferencesregardingacutepain,nausea,vomiting,hallucinationsornightmares.Backpainat6monthspostoperativelycomparedtopreoperativepainlevelswassignificantlyimprovedintheketaminegroupcomparedtotheplacebogroup,P=0.005(Table2).

DiscussionRecently,intraoperativeketaminehasbeensuggestedasanidealcandidateformanagingperioperativepaintreatmentinopioid

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dependentchronicpainpatients.Ourfindingonreducedopioidconsumptionsupportsthis.Theresultsonreduced6monthspainlevelsmustbeconsideredexploratorysecondaryoutcomes,asthesamplesizecalculationwasnotbasedontheseout-comes.

ConclusionInconclusion,intraoperativeketaminesignificantlyreducedmorphineconsumption0-24hafterlumbarfusionsurgeryinopioiddependentpatients.Thetrendregardinglesspersistentpain6monthspostoperativelyneedsfurtherinvestigation.

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Korresponderende forfatter AndersKehletNørskovEmail [email protected] Afdeling AnæstesiologiskafdelingHospital/institution NordsjællandsHospital-HillerødMedforfattere RosenstockCV,NordsjællandsHospital-Hillerød;WetterslevJ,Rigshospitalet;AfshariA, Rigshospitalet;AstrupG,AarhusUniversityHospital,ThomsenJLD,HerlevHospital; LundstrømLH,NordsjællandsHospital-HillerødTitel Predictionofdifficultmaskventilationusingasystematicassessmentofriskfactorsversus existingpractice–aclusterrandomisedclinicaltrialin94006patients

IntroductionAnaesthesiologists’predictionofdifficultmaskventilationispoor.[1]IntheDanishAnaesthesiaDatabase(DAD),predictionofdifficultmaskventilationisleftatthediscretionoftheindividualanaesthetist.Preoperativeassessmentofriskfactorsfordifficultmaskventilationmayreducetheincidenceofunanticipateddifficulties.Wecomparedsystematicassessmentofriskfactorsfordifficultmaskventilationwithexistingpracticeforairwayassessmentonaccuracyonpredictingdifficulties.

Methods26departmentswerecluster-randomisedtoassess11riskfactorsfordifficultairwaymanagement(intervention)orexistingairwayassessment(control).Predictionofmaskventilationandintubationdifficulties,andactualairwaymanagementconditionswereregisteredintheDAD.Inordertoadjustfortheclusterednatureofdataweexaminedthediagnosticaccuracyofpredictingdifficultmaskventilationandthecombinationofdifficultmaskventilationanddifficultintubationusinggeneralizedestimating

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equations.Primaryoutcomewastheproportionsofunanticipateddifficultmaskventilation.

ResultsAmong94006patientsundergoingmaskventilationtheincidenceofunanticipateddifficultmaskventilationwas427/46804(0.91%)intheinterventiongroupand414/47202(0.88%)inthecontrolgroup,OR0.98(95%CI:0.66–1.44),p=0.90.Thenum-berofpatientspredicteddifficulttomaskventilate,butinfactfoundtobeeasy(unanticipatedeasy)was298(0.64%)versus164(0.35%),OR1.56(1.01-2.42),p=0.045.Intheinterventiongroup427of495(86.3%)casesofdifficultmaskventilationwereunpredicted,comparedwith414of454(91.2%)inthecontrolgroup,OR0.61(0.41-0.91),p=0.016.In44337patientsundergoingbothmaskventilationandtrachealintubationtheincidenceofcombineddifficultmaskventilationanddifficultintubationwas0.3%inbothgroups.Intheinterventiongroup71of365(19.5%)difficultmaskventilationswerealsodifficulttointubateversus65of318(20.4%)inthecontrolgroup.Hadtheanaesthetistpredictedoneorbothofthesemodalitiesasdifficultweconsidereditcorrectlypredicted.Inpatientswithcombineddifficulties56of71(78.9%)wereunanticipatedintheinterventiongroupcomparedwith53of65(81.5%)inthecon-trolgroup,OR0.76(0.41-1.41),p=0.39.

DiscussionThisisthefirstclusterrandomisedtrialcomparingtwostrategiesforpredictionofdifficultmaskventilation.Inthesametrialwealsoassessedpredictionofdifficultintubation.Theseresultshavebeenpublishedpreviously.[2]

ConclusionTheinterventiondidnotreducetheoverallincidenceofunanticipateddifficultmaskventilation,butbetterpredictionwasfoundintheinterventiongroupwhenisolatingcaseswithdifficultmaskventilation.Ibothgrouptheriskofdifficultintubationincrea-sesincaseswithdifficultmaskventilation.

1.Anaesthesia.2015;70:272–81.2.Br.J.Anaesth.2016;116:680–9.

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Korresponderende forfatter MortenThingemannBøtkerEmail [email protected] Afdeling ForskningogudviklingHospital/institution Præhospitalet,RegionMidtjyllandMedforfattere Vedlagtsombilag(dererikkepladsher)Titel PrehospitaltriageofpatientssufferingseveredyspneausingN-terminalpro-BrainNatriuretic Peptide,thePreBNPtrial:arandomizedcontrolledclinicaltrial

IntroductionPatientssufferingdyspneaintheambulancehavehighmortality.Earlyidentificationoftheunderlyingcauseofdyspneatofacilitatecorrecttriageandtreatmentmayimproveoutcome.Theaimofthisstudywastoexaminewhetheradditionofbrainnatriureticpeptidemeasurementtotheroutinediagnosticwork-upbyprehospitalcriticalcareteamphysicianimprovestriageinpatientswithseveredyspnea.

MethodsRandomizedcontrolledtrialwithClinicalTrials.govidentifierNCT02050282.Prehospitalcriticalcareteamphysiciansincludedunselectedpatients>18yearswithseveredyspneaaccordingtopre-specifiedcriteriatoroutinediagnosticwork-upordiagno-sticworkupwithincorporatedpoint-of-careN-terminalpro-BrainNatriureticPeptide(NT-proBNP)measurement.Theprimaryendpointwastheproportionofpatientssufferingdyspneaofcardiacorigintriageddirectlytoadepartmentofcardiology.Anendpoint-adjudicationcommitteedeterminedtheprimarycauseofdyspneaasheartdisease,lungdisease,orotherdisease.TheCentralDenmarkRegionCommitteeonBiomedicalandResearchEthicsapprovedthestudyasanemergencyresearchproject(approvalnr1-10-72-317-13).

ResultsAtotalof747patientswererandomizedand711patientswithamedianageof75years(interquartilerange:75-82)consentedtoparticipate.Ofthese,350patientswererandomizedtotheNT-proBNPgroupand361patientstotheroutinework-upgroup.Astatisticallynon-significantlyhigherproportionofpatientssufferingdyspneaofcardiacoriginweretriageddirectlytoadepart-mentofcardiologyintheNT-proBNPgroupthanintheroutinework-upgroup(75%vs.69%,p=0.22).Nodifferencesinhospitallengthofstay,intensivecareunitadmissionratesormortalitywereobserved.Weobservedincreasednegativepredictivevalueforheartdisease(87%vs.75%,p=0.010)andincreasedpositivepredictivevalueforlungdisease(74%vs.60%,p=0.032)intheNT-proBNPgroup.

DiscussionInclusionofunselectedpatientsrenderedapopulationthatwasolderthaninpreviouslyconductedstudiesinemergencydepart-mentsettings.Contrarytoourexpectations,thevalueofpoint-of-careNT-proBNPmeasurementintheseelderlypatientswithdyspneaseemedtolieinrule-outofheartdiseaseratherthanrule-in.Otherpoint-of-caremodalitiesmaybeneededforearlyrecognitionofhigh-riskpatientsamongthisheterogeneousgroupofmainlyelderlypatients.

ConclusionSupplementarypoint-of-caremeasurementofNT-proBNPinpatientssufferingseveredyspneadidnotimprovetriageorpatientoutcome,butimprovedrule-outofheartdiseaseandrule-inoflungdisease.Ourresultsencouragefurtherresearchevaluatingtheimpactofprehospitalbiomarkerpanelmeasurementorotherpoint-of-carediagnosticsonearlymanagementofpatientssufferingdyspnea.

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Korresponderende forfatter Ana-Marija HristovskaEmail [email protected] Afdeling NeuroanæstesiHospital/institution RigshospitaletMedforfattere PatriciaDuch,MikkelAllingstrup,ArashAfashariTitel SugammadexversusNeostigmineinreversingneuromuscularblockade

IntroductionThisCochranereviewcomparesSugammadex,thefirstselectiverelaxant-bindingagentwithNeostigmine,anacetylcholinestera-seinhibitorwithwell-recognizedpotentialside-effects.

MethodsOurobjectivewastoinvestigatewhetherSugammadexismoreeffectiveandmoresafeinreversingneuromuscularblockadethanNeostigmine.TheprimaryoutcomewasrecoverytimetoTOF>0.9measuredbyacceleromyography.Thesecondaryout-comewasprevalenceofadverseeventsandseriousadverseevents.WesearchedtheCochraneCentralRegisterofControlledTrials(CENTRAL)MEDLINEandEMBASEuntil01.May2016.Wein-cludedallRCTs,irrespectiveofpublicationstatus,blindingstatus,dateofpublicationorlanguage,performedonadultASAI-IVpatientsreceivingnon-depolarizingmuscleblockingagents,scheduledforelectivein-patientorday-casesurgicalprocedures.Wecontacted the corresponding authors of included studies to retrieve relevant and missing data. Weassessedriskofbiasin10methodologicaldomainsusingtheCochraneCollaborationriskofbiastoolandriskofrandomerrorthroughtrialsequentialanalysis.WeusedtheprinciplesoftheGRADE(GradesofRecommendation,Assessment,Devel-opmentandEvaluationWorkingGroup)approachtoprovideanoverallassessmentofevidencerelatedtoallofouroutcomes.Wepresentpooledestimatesoftheeffectsofinterventionsasmeandifferences(MDs)andriskratios(RRs)with95%confidenceintervals(CIs).

ResultsOverall,56relevantstudieswereidentified,ofwhich43RCTs(n=4470)metourinclusioncriteria.Elevenstudieswereeligibleformeta-analysisoftheprimaryoutcome(n=1006),26studiesofthesecondaryoutcome(n=2162)and13studies(n=2013)wereineligible for meta-analysis. Meta-analysisoftheresultsshowedthefollowing:-Sugammadex2mg/kgwasonaverage9.84minutes(95%CI,8.23-11.46,p<0.00001,I2=82%,n=892)fasterthanNeostigmi-ne0.04-0.05mg/kginreversingtheneuromuscularblockadeatT2reappearance(Fig.1).-Sugammadex4mg/kgwasonaverage45.78minutes(95%CI,39.41-52.15,p<0.00001,I2=0%,n=114)fasterthanNeostig-mine0.07mg/kginreversingtheneuromuscularblockadeatPTC1-5reappearance.-Thereweresignificantlylesssubjectswithoneormoreadverseevents(RR0.60,95%CI0.45-0.79,p=0.0003,I2=0%,n=1659)aswellassignificantlylesscompositeadverseevents(RR0.66,95CI0.54-0.81,p<0.0001,I2=20%,n=2162)intheSu-gammadexgroupwhencomparedtoNeostigmine(Fig.2).-TherewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenSugammadexandNeostigmineregardingsubjectswithoneormoreseriousadver-seeventsaswellascompositeadverseevents(RR0.54,95%CI0.13-0.2.25,p=0.4,I2=0%,n=938).

Conclusions SugammadexreversesneuromuscularblockadefasterthenNeostigmineregardlessofthedepthoftheblockandisgenerallyassociatedwithfeweradverseevents.