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Observational Study
. 2014 Oct 27;9(10):e111259.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111259. eCollection 2014.

Early prediction of intensive care unit-acquired weakness using easily available parameters: a prospective observational study

Luuk Wieske  1 , Esther Witteveen  2 , Camiel Verhamme  3 , Daniela S Dettling-Ihnenfeldt  4 , Marike van der Schaaf  4 , Marcus J Schultz  2 , Ivo N van Schaik  3 , Janneke Horn  5
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Observational Study

Early prediction of intensive care unit-acquired weakness using easily available parameters: a prospective observational study

Luuk Wieske et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

Introduction: An early diagnosis of Intensive Care Unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) using muscle strength assessment is not possible in most critically ill patients. We hypothesized that development of ICU-AW can be predicted reliably two days after ICU admission, using patient characteristics, early available clinical parameters, laboratory results and use of medication as parameters.

Methods: Newly admitted ICU patients mechanically ventilated ≥2 days were included in this prospective observational cohort study. Manual muscle strength was measured according to the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale, when patients were awake and attentive. ICU-AW was defined as an average MRC score <4. A prediction model was developed by selecting predictors from an a-priori defined set of candidate predictors, based on known risk factors. Discriminative performance of the prediction model was evaluated, validated internally and compared to the APACHE IV and SOFA score.

Results: Of 212 included patients, 103 developed ICU-AW. Highest lactate levels, treatment with any aminoglycoside in the first two days after admission and age were selected as predictors. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the prediction model was 0.71 after internal validation. The new prediction model improved discrimination compared to the APACHE IV and the SOFA score.

Conclusion: The new early prediction model for ICU-AW using a set of 3 easily available parameters has fair discriminative performance. This model needs external validation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Prof. I.N. van Schaik received departmental honoraria for serving on scientific advisory boards and a steering committee for CSL-Behring. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Study flowchart.
ICU-AW: Intensive Care Unit – acquired weakness; OHCA: out-of hospital cardiac arrest; mRankin: modified Rankin score; NMD: neuromuscular disorder; MRC: muscle strength as assessed with Medical Research Council scale.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Model performance for early prediction of Intensive Care Unit – acquired weakness.
Panel A shows the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve assessing discrimination of the prediction model. Panel B shows model calibration assessed with a fitted curve based on loess regression with 95% confidence interval (perfect model calibration is illustrated by the dotted line). Goodness-of-fit assessed with the Hosmer–Lemeshow test is shown. Grey points represent predicted probabilities for individual patients. AUC: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; CI: confidence interval; ICU-AW: Intensive Care Unit – acquired weakness.
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