Tp-e间期、P波离散度对室性心律失常病情的预测价值

摘要 目的：探讨Tp-e间期、P波离散度(Pd)对室性心律失常病情的预测价值。方法：2016年6月到2018年6月选择在本院诊治的心绞痛患者110例,所有患者都给予动态心电图检查,记录Tp-e间期、Pd值与室性心律失常发生情况。随访患者的心绞痛复发情况,并判定预测价值。结果：在110例患者中,发生室性心律失常48例(失常组),发生率为43.6 %,其中偶发室早21例、频发室早19例、室早4例、心室颤动3例、室性心动过速1例。失常组的Tp-e间期、Pd值都显著高于非失常组(P<0.05)。随访至今,失常组的心绞痛复发率为45.8 %,显著低于对照组的8.1 %(P<0.05)。在失常组中,单因素与多因素logistics回归分析显示Tp-e间期、Pd都为影响患者心绞痛复发的重要因素(P<0.05)。ROC曲线分析显示Tp-e间期、Pd预测心绞痛复发的敏感性与特异性都在85.0 %以上。结论：心绞痛合并室性心律失常患者多伴随有Tp-e间期、Pd增加,也会增加患者的复发率,Tp-e间期、Pd对预测室性心律失常复发情况具有重要价值。     

室性心律失常相关神经机制的研究进展

室性心律失常是常见的心血管系统疾病,指起源于心室的心律紊乱,其发病率高,严重影响人类健康。目前认为,器质性与非器质性心脏病引发的室性心律失常与神经功能调节密切相关,特别是中枢神经的调节作用;心力衰竭及心肌梗死引起的心律失常与神经内分泌系统紊乱相关;脑损伤或应激创伤引起的室性心律失常与自主神经所控制的区域有关。室性心律失常的电风暴属于临床急性危重性症候群,可引起严重的血流动力学障碍,通常需要采取电复律或电除颤进行紧急治疗,而该症状的主要的促发因素被认为是过度兴奋的交感神经状态。随着研究和临床实践的不断深入,我们对室性心律失常的发生机制会形成更加系统的认识,这对疾病防治手段的完善具有积极的意义。     

Thioridazine Hydrochloride (Mellaril): Its Effect on the Electrocardiogram and a Report of Two Fatalities with Electrocardiographic Abnormalities

Twenty-eight electrocardiograms are presented which depict a quinidine-like effect of thioridazine on ventricular repolarization, in doses as low as 200 mg. a day. T waves have been found to flatten out and sometimes invert. Occasionally S-T segments have become convex and U waves have appeared.Case reports are presented of two patients who died while receiving large doses of thioridazine, 1500 and 3600 mg. daily, respectively. Terminal ECG patterns in each instance were those of heart block, alternating with episodes of ventricular tachycardia.The myocardium of one of the fatal cases revealed edema, increased vascularity, and some increase in connective tissue elements, along with fragmentation of muscle fibers. These changes were most pronounced in the interventricular septum.It is concluded that, because of the quinidine-like action of thioridazine on ventricular repolarization, caution is indicated when it is administered in large doses.     

Electrocardiogram abnormalities in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Although cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the captive chimpanzee population, little is known about the prevalence and etiology of heart disease in this species. We reviewed the physical exam records of 265 common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) for electrocardiogram abnormalities. During the 24-mo period reviewed (August 2003 through August 2005), 34 animals were diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmias consisting of ventricular arrhythmias, supraventricular arrhythmias, conduction disturbances, mixed arrhythmias, and bradycardia. The incidence of cardiac arrhythmia was significantly higher in male animals, chimpanzees 20 to 39 y old, and those with structural heart disease. Incidence of cardiac arrhythmia was not significantly higher in animals with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or chronic viral infections. During the retrospective period, 7 animals with cardiac arrhythmias died or were euthanized. Mortality was significantly higher in animals with ventricular arrhythmias compared with those without ventricular arrhythmias. We conclude that in the common chimpanzee, age, male gender, and structural heart disease are risk factors for developing cardiac arrhythmias and that ventricular arrhythmias are risk factors for mortality.     

hERG K+ channel blockade by the antipsychotic drug thioridazine: An obligatory role for the S6 helix residue F656

The phenothiazine antipsychotic agent thioridazine has been linked with prolongation of the QT interval on the electrocardiogram, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden death. Although thioridazine is known to inhibit cardiac hERG K(+) channels there is little mechanistic information on this action. We have investigated in detail hERG K(+) channel current (I(hERG)) blockade by thioridazine and identified a key molecular determinant of blockade. Whole-cell I(hERG) measurements were made at 37 degrees C from human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) cells expressing wild-type and mutant hERG channels. Thioridazine inhibited I(hERG) tails at -40mV following a 2s depolarization to +20mV with an IC(50) value of 80nM. Comparable levels of I(hERG) inhibition were seen with physiological command waveforms (ventricular and Purkinje fibre action potentials). Thioridazine block of I(hERG) was only weakly voltage-dependent, though the time dependence of I(hERG) inhibition indicated contingency of blockade upon channel gating. The S6 helix point mutation F656A almost completely abolished, and the Y652A mutation partially attenuated, I(hERG) inhibition by thioridazine. In summary, thioridazine is one of the most potent hERG K(+) channel blockers amongst antipsychotics, exhibiting characteristics of a preferential open/activated channel blocker and binding at a high affinity site in the hERG channel pore.     

高龄孕妇孕早期心律失常及转归分析

目的：观察高龄孕妇孕早期ECG异常及心律失常发生特点,记录孕早期房性及室性心律失常的后期转归情况。方法：290例孕妇按照年龄分为35岁以下组,35~39岁组和40~45岁组。行心电图检查,系统分析心电图波形,采集记录异常心电图变化,包括ST段改变、各型心律失常等,记录房性、室性心律失常的好转率及加重率。结果：35~39岁组和40~45岁组心律失常发生率显著高于35岁以下组（P<0.05）;35~39岁组和40~45岁组ST段异常发生率显著高于35岁以下组（P<0.05）;40~45岁组QRS波增宽发生率高于35岁以下组（P<0.05）。35~39岁组和40~45岁组的窦性心动过速、窦性心律不齐和房性早搏发生率显著低于35岁以下组（P<0.05）;40~45岁组阵发性室上速发生率显著高于35岁以下组（P<0.05）,35~39岁组和40~45岁组室性早搏和房颤发生率均显著高于35岁以下组（P<0.05）。40~45岁组的房性心律失常恢复率显著低于35岁以下组（P<0.05）;40~45岁组的房性和室性心律失常加重率显著高于35岁以下组（P<0.05）。35~39岁组的ECG异常组、40~45岁ECG异常组发生率显著高于35岁以下组和35~39岁组的ECG正常组（P<0.05）;35~39岁组及40~45岁的ECG异常组胎儿窘迫发生率显著高于35岁以下组（P<0.05）。结论：高龄与孕早期心律失常发生有正相关,并且高龄因素降低孕期心律失常自行恢复率而升高心律失常恶化发生率,高龄孕妇伴有心电图异常对围生儿状况有不良影响。     

A comparative study of the effect of pigment on drug toxicity in human choroidal melanocytes and retinal pigment epithelial cells

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the presence of pigment affects the sensitivity of pigmented cells of the eye, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroidal melanocytes (CMs) to the cytotoxic effects of xenobiotic drugs. Two approaches were used to compare pigmented versus unpigmented cells: RPE cells were repigmented by phagocytosis of synthetic melanin; UVB irradiation was used to induce an increase in pigment in both RPE and CMs. Three drugs known to induce toxicity in the eye, tamoxifen, chloroquine and thioridazine, were used to assess the sensitivity of cells to xenobiotic drugs. RPE cells were more resistant than CMs to the cytotoxic effects of all three drugs by a factor of 5-fold for tamoxifen, 7-fold for thioridazine and 30-fold for chloroquine. When RPE cells were repigmented using synthetic melanin, their sensitivity to tamoxifen was unchanged, they showed a slightly improved response to thioridazine (after 3 days of incubation with this drug), but they showed greatly increased toxicity to chloroquine (after 1 and 3 days of exposure to the drug), suggesting accumulation of this latter drug on the synthetic melanin. UVB irradiation was used to achieve an increase in the pigment content of both RPE and CMs. CMs were much more sensitive to UVB than RPE cells. CMs appeared to synthesise pigment via DOPA oxidase activity; RPE cells showed an increase in fluorescent material independent of any detectable DOPA oxidase activity. Irrespective of the nature of the pigment that UVB induced in melanocytes and RPE cells, their subsequent response to thioridazine and chloroquine was unchanged by the presence of this pigment.     

Increased formation of interstitial hydroxyl radical following myocardial ischemia: possible relationship to endogenous opioid peptides

Summary

The effects of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion on interstitial hydroxyl radical production, in the left ventricular myocardium of anesthetized cats, were investigated. Ringer's solution containing salicylic acid was perfused through an implanted microdialysis probe. Hydroxyl radical production was evaluated as the 2,3 and 2,5 dihydroxybenzoic acid (DHBA) concentrations in the microdialysates by an on-line high performance liquid chromatography system. Myocardial ischemia for 60 min, induced by ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery, significantly increased both 2,3 and 2,5 DHBA levels when compared with the sham-operated cats. Naloxone (1 mg/kg, bolus, intravenous), an endogenous opioid peptide receptor antagonist, significantly suppressed the ischemia-induced production of hydroxyl radicals. Myocardial ischemia also induced cardiac arrhythmia. Naloxone reduced the severity of ischemia-induced arrhythmia, as observed by a significantly lower arrhythmia score (1.4 ± 0.2 vs. 4.6 ± 0.4 for control), and by diminished incidence of ventricular tachycardia (0/7 vs. 8/8 for control) and ventricular fibrillation (0/7 vs. 3/8 for control). Furthermore, perfusion of dynorphin (0.25 μg, 2.5 μg and 25 μg), an endogenous opioid peptide receptor agonist, increased hydroxyl radical production. Our results suggest that, in anesthetized cats, myocardial ischemia can induce production of interstitial hydroxyl radical in left ventricular myocardium, and this production may involve the actions of released endogenous opioid peptides on their receptors.     

起搏器术后新发房性心律失常的影响因素分析

目的:探讨起搏器术后新发房性心律失常的发生情况及其相关影响因素。方法:选择2006年1月至2007年12月于沈阳军区总医院首次植入永久起搏器的107例患者,男性50例,平均年龄65.0±11.9岁,术前通过追问病史及相关检查均排除房性心律失常(房颤、房扑、房速),术后平均随访3.9年,观察新发房性心律失常情况。按术后是否出现房性心律失常,将患者分为新发房性心律失常组和无房性心律失常组,比较两组患者术前和术后心脏超声结果的变化、心室起搏比例、起搏部位及起搏模式,并通过logistic回归分析起搏器术后发生房性心律失常的影响因素。结果:新发房性心律失常组26例(24.3%),其中房颤17例(15.9%),房扑2例(1.9%),房速7例(6.5%);无房性心律失常组81例。与无房性心律失常组比较,新发房性心律失常组左房内径明显增加(P=0.040)、二尖瓣返流程度较重(P=0.032)及左室射血分数明显下降(P=0.001),心室起搏百分比(VP%)显著升高(P=0.017)。心尖部起搏患者房性心律失常的发生率明显高于间隔部起搏(33.3%vs 16.9%,P<0.05),双腔起搏组患者房性心律失常发生率明显低于单腔起搏器组(18.7%vs 37.5%,P<0.05)。Logistic回归分析显示术后新发房性心律失常的发生与高比例的心室起搏(P=0.006)、VVI(R)起搏模式(P=0.014)及右心室起搏电极导线植于心尖部(P=0.024)显著相关。结论:起搏模式、心室起搏百分比、起搏部位是起搏器术后发生房性心律失常的影响因素。     

Effect of thioridazine on gap junction intercellular communication in connexin 43-expressing cells

Propagation of electrical activity between myocytes in the heart requires gap junction channels, which contribute to coordinated conduction of the heartbeat. Some antipsychotic drugs, such as thioridazine and its active metabolite, mesoridazine, have known cardiac conduction side-effects, which have resulted in fatal or nearly fatal clinical consequences in patients. The physiological mechanisms responsible for these cardiac side-effects are unknown. We tested the effect of thioridazine and mesoridazine on gap junction-mediated intercellular communication between cells that express the major cardiac gap junction subtype connexin 43. Micromolar concentrations of thioridazine and mesoridazine inhibited gap junction-mediated intercellular communication between WB-F344 epithelial cells in a dose-dependent manner, as measured by fluorescent dye transfer. Kinetic analyses demonstrated that inhibition by 10 μmol/L thioridazine occurred within 5 min, achieved its maximal effect within 1 h, and was maintained for at least 24 h. Inhibition was reversible within 1 h upon removal of the drug. Western blot analysis of connexin 43 in a membrane-enriched fraction of WB-F344 cells treated with thioridazine revealed decreased amounts of unphosphorylated connexin 43, and appearance of a phosphorylated connexin 43 band that co-migrated with a “hyperphosphorylated” connexin 43 band present in TPA-inhibited cells. When tested for its effects on cardiomyocytes isolated from neonatal rats, thioridazine decreased fluorescent dye transfer between colonies of beating myocytes. Microinjection of individual cells with fluorescent dye also showed inhibition of dye transfer in thioridazine-treated cells compared to vehicle-treated cells. In addition, thioridazine, like TPA, inhibited rhythmic beating of myocytes within 15 min of application. In light of the fact that the thioridazine and mesoridazine concentrations used in these experiments are in the range of those used clinically in patients, our results suggest that inhibition of gap junction intercellular communication may be one factor contributing to the cardiac side-effects observed in some patients taking these medications.     

Resveratrol, a natural ingredient of grape skin: antiarrhythmic efficacy and ionic mechanisms

Resveratrol has been demonstrated to produce a variety of biological actions. Accumulating line of evidence supported the view that resveratrol may exert protective effect on the cardiovascular system. The aim of the study was to assess the antiarrhythmic profile as well as electrophysiological properties of resveratrol. We observe the antiarrhythmic effect of resveratrol on aconitine induced rat arrhythmia, ouabain induced guinea pig arrhythmia, and coronary ligation induced rat arrhythmia animal models. Resveratrol significantly and dose-dependently increased the doses of aconitine and ouabain required to induce the arrhythmia indexes. In coronary ligation induced rat arrhythmia model, resveratrol shortened duration of arrhythmia, decreased incidence of ventricular tachycardia and mortality. Electrophysiological experiment revealed that resveratrol could shorten APD through inhibition of ICa and selective enhancement of IKs without an effect on IKr.     

Risk factors for drug-induced long-QT syndrome

Congenital long-QT syndrome (cLQTS) is a ventricular arrhythmia that is characterised by a prolonged QT interval on the surface electro-cardiogram (ECG). Clinical symptoms include sudden loss of consciousness (syncopes), seizures, cardiac arrest and sudden death. The prevalence of this inherited disease is approximately one in 10,000 in Caucasians. Over the last decade, more than 200 different diseases causing mutations have been identified in five genes that encode ion channels involved in the delicate balance of inward and outward K/Ca currents during the cardiac action potential. A prolonged QT interval accompanied by very similar clinical symptoms as in cLQTS can also occur in otherwise healthy individuals after the intake of specific drug(s). This phenomenon is known as ''acquired'' or ''drug-induced'' long-QT syndrome. Because the clinical symptoms of the two forms are very similar, the question arises whether a common underlying genetic basis also exists. Several studies indicate that only a minority (approximately 10%) of the drug-induced LQTS cases can be explained by a mutation or polymorphism in one of the known LQTS genes. Even though the disease can often at least partially be explained by environmental factors, mutations or polymorphisms in other genes are also expected to be involved, including genes encoding drug-metabolising enzymes, adrenergic receptors, hormone-related genes and mitochondrial genes. This article reviews the current knowledge on risk factors for drug-induced LQTS, with a special emphasis on the role of genetic determinants.     

抗β1肾上腺素受体自身抗体的致心律失常效应

目的：观察抗β1肾上腺素受体自身抗体（β1AA）在心律失常患者血清中的分布特征并探究该抗体是否具有致心律失常作用。方法：选择临床各型心律失常、冠心病患者和正常健康体检者,采用酶联免疫吸附法（ELISA）测定血清中目从的滴度;提纯抗体阳性患者血清中的IgG抗体,给予正常大鼠,动态监测心电图的变化,观察心律失常发生频率。结果：β1AA在心律失常患者血清中的阳性率为52．8％,明显高于冠心病对照组（24．0％,P〈0．01）与正常对照组（5．0％,P〈0．01）;β1AA可引发正常大鼠发生心律失常,其中以室性心律失常多见。结论：β1从在心律失常患者血清中的分布呈高阳性率,并可致大鼠发生心律失常。     

Thioridazine induces erythrocyte stomatocytosis due to interactions with negatively charged lipids

Despite the fact that thioridazine is used clinically as a neuroleptic drug, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying its biological effects, in particular about its interactions with membranes. In the present work we investigate the influence of thioridazine on model and cell membranes, using calorimetry, DPH fluorescence polarization measurements, studies of haemolysis and scanning electron microscopy. The experiments show that thioridazine interacts with lipid bilayers and intercalates into bilayer structure. We found that erythrocyte stomatocytosis induced by the drug might be related to preferential interaction of thioridazine with charged lipids.     

房颤大鼠模型心室重构与心肌细胞钙稳态和心律失常的关联

摘要 目的：探讨房颤大鼠模型心室重构与心肌细胞钙稳态和心律失常的关联性。方法：将雄性Wistar大鼠随机平分为两组,各组8只,模型组采用乙酞胆碱-氯化钙混合液尾静脉注射法建立房颤动物模型,对照组注射同剂量的生理盐水,记录两组心室重构、心肌细胞钙稳态、心律失常情况并进行相关性分析。结果：模型组建模第2周与第4周的左室舒张末期内径（LVEDD）、左室收缩末期内径（LVESD）值都高于对照组（P<0.05）。模型组建模第2周与第4周的血清肌钙蛋白（cTnT）含量高于对照组（P<0.05）。模型组建模第2周与第4周心脏体外牵张性心律失常持续时间都高于对照组（P<0.05）。Pearson相关分析显示建模第2周与第4周的LVEDD、LVESD、cTnT与牵张性心律失常持续时间存在正相关（P<0.05）。结论：房颤大鼠伴随有心室重构与心肌细胞钙离子的大量释放,可增加牵张性心律失常持续时间,相关性分析结果表明：心室重构、心肌细胞钙稳态和心律失常存在显著正相关性。     

Inhibition of Rac1 reduces store overload‐induced calcium release and protects against ventricular arrhythmia

Rac1 is a small GTPase and plays key roles in multiple cellular processes including the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, whether Rac1 activation during myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion (I/R) contributes to arrhythmogenesis is not fully understood. We aimed to study the effects of Rac1 inhibition on store overload‐induced Ca²⁺ release (SOICR) and ventricular arrhythmia during myocardial I/R. Adult Rac1^f/f and cardiac‐specific Rac1 knockdown (Rac1^ckd) mice were subjected to myocardial I/R and their electrocardiograms (ECGs) were monitored for ventricular arrhythmia. Myocardial Rac1 activity was increased and ventricular arrhythmia was induced during I/R in Rac1^f/f mice. Remarkably, I/R‐induced ventricular arrhythmia was significantly decreased in Rac1^ckd compared to Rac1^f/f mice. Furthermore, treatment with Rac1 inhibitor NSC23766 decreased I/R‐induced ventricular arrhythmia. Ca²⁺ imaging analysis showed that in response to a 6 mM external Ca²⁺ concentration challenge, SOICR was induced with characteristic spontaneous intracellular Ca²⁺ waves in Rac1^f/f cardiomyocytes. Notably, SOICR was diminished by pharmacological and genetic inhibition of Rac1 in adult cardiomyocytes. Moreover, I/R‐induced ROS production and ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) oxidation were significantly inhibited in the myocardium of Rac1^ckd mice. We conclude that Rac1 activation induces ventricular arrhythmia during myocardial I/R. Inhibition of Rac1 suppresses SOICR and protects against ventricular arrhythmia. Blockade of Rac1 activation may represent a new paradigm for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia in ischaemic heart disease.     

Antipsychotic agent thioridazine sensitizes renal carcinoma Caki cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through reactive oxygen species-mediated inhibition of Akt signaling and downregulation of Mcl-1 and c-FLIP(L)

Thioridazine has been known as an antipsychotic agent, but it also has anticancer activity. However, the effect of thioridazine on tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) sensitization has not yet been studied. Here, we investigated the ability of thioridazine to sensitize TRAIL-mediated apoptosis. Combined treatment with thioridazine and TRAIL markedly induced apoptosis in various human carcinoma cells, including renal carcinoma (Caki, ACHN, and A498), breast carcinoma (MDA-MB231), and glioma (U251MG) cells, but not in normal mouse kidney cells (TMCK-1) and human normal mesangial cells. We found that thioridazine downregulated c-FLIP(L) and Mcl-1 expression at the post-translational level via an increase in proteasome activity. The overexpression of c-FLIP(L) and Mcl-1 overcame thioridazine plus TRAIL-induced apoptosis. We further observed that thioridazine inhibited the Akt signaling pathway. In contrast, although other phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/Akt inhibitors ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY294002","term_id":"1257998346","term_text":"LY294002"}}LY294002 and wortmannin) sensitized TRAIL-mediated apoptosis, c-FLIP(L) and Mcl-1 expressions were not altered. Furthermore, thioridazine increased the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in Caki cells, and ROS scavengers (N-acetylcysteine, glutathione ethyl ester, and trolox) inhibited thioridazine plus TRAIL-induced apoptosis, as well as Akt inhibition and the downregulation of c-FLIP(L) and Mcl-1. Collectively, our study demonstrates that thioridazine enhances TRAIL-mediated apoptosis via the ROS-mediated inhibition of Akt signaling and the downregulation of c-FLIP(L) and Mcl-1 at the post-translational level.     

Premature Ventricular Contractions and Non-sustained Ventricular Tachycardia: Association with Sudden Cardiac Death,Risk Stratification,and Management Strategies

Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) are frequently encountered and a marker of electrocardiomyopathy. In some instances, they increase the risk for sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and sudden cardiac death. While often associated with a primary cardiomyopathy, they have also been known to cause tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in patients without preceding structural heart disease. Medical therapy including beta-blockers and class III anti-arrhythmic agents can be effective while implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) are indicated in certain patients. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is the preferred, definitive treatment in those patients that improve with anti-arrhythmic therapy, have tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, or have certain subtypes of PVCs/NSVT. We present a review of PVCs and NSVT coupled with case presentations on RFA of fascicular ventricular tachycardia, left-ventricular outflow tract ventricular tachycardia, and Purkinje arrhythmia leading to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.     

15例儿童心动过速性心肌病的诊疗体会

目的:探讨儿童完全性心动过速性心肌病(pTIC)的临床特点、治疗及预后。方法:回顾分析2009年1月至2016年10月安徽省儿童医院心内科收治的15例完全性心动过速性心肌病患儿的临床表现、心功能、心电图、心脏彩超的特点,观察心律失常控制后的心室率、心脏左室内径大小及心功能恢复情况。结果:15例pTIC患儿以室上性快速心律失常多见(14例),10例单纯药物治疗,3例接受射频消融转为窦性心律,2例失访。随访半年至3年与治疗前比较心室率明显下降[(116±27)次/分vs.(189±28)次/分]、NT-proBNP降低[(404±355)pg/mL vs.(6280±3155)pg/mL]、心脏左室舒张末内径变小[(3.12±0.48)cm vs.(3.69±0.70)cm]、左室射血分数升高[(57.9±9.3)%vs.(42.2±9.5)%]、改良ROSS评分下降[1(0-5)分vs.7(4-10)分]。结论:儿童pTIC由各种快速心律失常引起,心脏扩大和心功能障碍可完全恢复,早期识别、有效治疗的儿童pTIC长期预后良好。     

Insights into the Problem of Alarm Fatigue with Physiologic Monitor Devices: A Comprehensive Observational Study of Consecutive Intensive Care Unit Patients

Purpose

Physiologic monitors are plagued with alarms that create a cacophony of sounds and visual alerts causing “alarm fatigue” which creates an unsafe patient environment because a life-threatening event may be missed in this milieu of sensory overload. Using a state-of-the-art technology acquisition infrastructure, all monitor data including 7 ECG leads, all pressure, SpO2, and respiration waveforms as well as user settings and alarms were stored on 461 adults treated in intensive care units. Using a well-defined alarm annotation protocol, nurse scientists with 95% inter-rater reliability annotated 12,671 arrhythmia alarms.

Results

A total of 2,558,760 unique alarms occurred in the 31-day study period: arrhythmia, 1,154,201; parameter, 612,927; technical, 791,632. There were 381,560 audible alarms for an audible alarm burden of 187/bed/day. 88.8% of the 12,671 annotated arrhythmia alarms were false positives. Conditions causing excessive alarms included inappropriate alarm settings, persistent atrial fibrillation, and non-actionable events such as PVC''s and brief spikes in ST segments. Low amplitude QRS complexes in some, but not all available ECG leads caused undercounting and false arrhythmia alarms. Wide QRS complexes due to bundle branch block or ventricular pacemaker rhythm caused false alarms. 93% of the 168 true ventricular tachycardia alarms were not sustained long enough to warrant treatment.

Discussion

The excessive number of physiologic monitor alarms is a complex interplay of inappropriate user settings, patient conditions, and algorithm deficiencies. Device solutions should focus on use of all available ECG leads to identify non-artifact leads and leads with adequate QRS amplitude. Devices should provide prompts to aide in more appropriate tailoring of alarm settings to individual patients. Atrial fibrillation alarms should be limited to new onset and termination of the arrhythmia and delays for ST-segment and other parameter alarms should be configurable. Because computer devices are more reliable than humans, an opportunity exists to improve physiologic monitoring and reduce alarm fatigue.