Early Neurologic Recovery, Practice Pattern Variation, and the Risk of Endotracheal Intubation Following Established Status Epilepticus
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Abstract
Objective To quantify the association between early neurologic recovery, practice pattern variation, and endotracheal intubation during established status epilepticus, we performed a secondary analysis within the cohort of patients enrolled in the Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial (ESETT).
Methods We evaluated factors associated with the endpoint of endotracheal intubation occurring within 120 minutes of ESETT study drug initiation. We defined a blocked, stepwise multivariate regression, examining 4 phases during status epilepticus management: (1) baseline characteristics, (2) acute treatment, (3) 20-minute neurologic recovery, and (4) 60-minute recovery, including seizure cessation and improving responsiveness.
Results Of 478 patients, 117 (24.5%) were intubated within 120 minutes. Among high-enrolling sites, intubation rates ranged from 4% to 32% at pediatric sites and 19% to 39% at adult sites. Baseline characteristics, including seizure precipitant, benzodiazepine dosing, and admission vital signs, provided limited discrimination for predicting intubation (area under the curve [AUC] 0.63). However, treatment at sites with an intubation rate in the highest (vs lowest) quartile strongly predicted endotracheal intubation independently of other treatment variables (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 8.12, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.08–21.4, model AUC 0.70). Site-specific variation was the factor most strongly associated with endotracheal intubation after adjustment for 20-minute (aOR 23.4, 95% CI 6.99–78.3, model AUC 0.88) and 60-minute (aOR 14.7, 95% CI 3.20–67.5, model AUC 0.98) neurologic recovery.
Conclusions Endotracheal intubation after established status epilepticus is strongly associated with site-specific practice pattern variation, independently of baseline characteristics, and early neurologic recovery and should not alone serve as a clinical trial endpoint in established status epilepticus.
Trial Registration Information ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01960075.
Glossary
- aOR=
- multivariate-adjusted odds ratio;
- CI=
- confidence interval;
- ESETT=
- Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial;
- FOS=
- fosphenytoin;
- ICU=
- intensive care unit;
- IQR=
- interquartile range;
- LEV=
- levetiracetam;
- SE=
- status epilepticus;
- VPA=
- valproic acid
Footnotes
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Established Status Epilepticus Treatment Trial Study Group coinvestigators are listed in appendix 2 at the end of the article.
- Received October 20, 2020.
- Accepted in final form February 8, 2021.
- © 2021 American Academy of Neurology
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- Reader Response: Early Neurologic Recovery, Practice Pattern Variation, and the Risk of Endotracheal Intubation Following Established Status Epilepticus
- Andrea O. Rossetti, Attending neurologist, CHUV and university of Lausanne
- Jong W. Lee, Attending neurologist, BWH and Harvard Medical School
- Vincent Alvarez, Attending neurologist, Hôpital de Sion
Submitted May 17, 2021
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