• Critical care medicine · Oct 2021

    Observational Study

    Pattern of Brain Injury in Patients With Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in the Precaplacizumab Era.

    • Adrien Mirouse, Stéphane Legriel, Guillaume Dumas, Guylaine Labro, Agnès Veyradier, Lara Zafrani, Sandrine Valade, Yannick Hourmant, David Boutboul, Michael Darmon, Paul Coppo, Eric Mariotte, and Elie Azoulay.
    • Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Hôpital Saint-Louis, APHP, Paris, France.
    • Crit. Care Med. 2021 Oct 1; 49 (10): e931-e940.

    ObjectivesTo describe short- and long-term neurologic prognosis of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and to identify clusters associated with evolution.DesignProspective French cohort.SettingICU in a reference center.PatientsAll consecutive patients with newly diagnosed thrombocytopenic purpura.InterventionComprehensive clinical, biological, and radiological evaluation at admission. Neurocognitive recovery was assessed using Glasgow Outcome Scale (range 1-5, with 1 representing death and 5 representing no or minimal neurologic deficit).Measurements And Main ResultsAmong the 130 newly diagnosed patients with thrombocytopenic purpura, 108 (83%; age 43 [30-52]; 73% women) presented with neurologic signs, including headaches (51%), limb weakness, paresthesia, and/or aphasia (49%), pyramidal syndrome (30%), decreased consciousness (20%), seizure (19%), cognitive impairment (34%), cerebellar syndrome (18%), and visual symptoms (20%). A hierarchical cluster analysis identified three distinct groups of patients. Cluster 1 included younger patients (37 [27-48], 41 [32-52], and 48 [35-54], in clusters 1, 2 and 3, respectively; p = 0.045), with a predominance of headaches (75%, 27%, and 36%; p < 0.0001). Cluster 2 patients had ataxic gait and cerebellar syndrome (77%, 0%, and 0%; p < 0.0001) and dizziness (50%, 0%, and 0%; p < 0.0001). Cluster 3 included patients with delirium (36%, 0%, and 9%; p < 0.0001), obtundation (58%, 0%, and 24%; p < 0.0001), and seizure (36%, 0%, and 14%; p < 0.0001). Acute kidney injury was 32%, 68%, and 77%, in clusters 1, 2, and 3, respectively (p < 0.0001). The three clusters did not differ for other biological or brain imaging. After a median follow-up of 34 months (12-71 mo), 100 patients (93%) were alive with full neurocognitive recovery (i.e., Glasgow Outcome Scale score 5) in 89 patients (89%). Patients from cluster 1 more frequently exhibited full recovery (Glasgow Outcome Scale score of 5) compared with clusters 2 and 3, (44 [98%], 13 [65%], and 21 [60%] at 3 mo; p < 0.0001), (44 [100%], 15 [68%], and 23 [69%] at 6 mo; p < 0.0001), and (40 [100%], 15 [79%], and 20 [57%] at 1 yr; p < 0.0001).ConclusionsInitial clinical neurologic evaluation in thrombocytopenic purpura patients distinguishes three groups of patients with different clinical and functional outcomes.Copyright © 2021 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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