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Lung transplantation is a very long and difficult procedure accompanied by a number of possible complications. In the vast majority of cases, the operation itself is performed using the ECMO support, which can negatively affect blood clotting, especially the formation of a platelet blood clot, i.e. primary hemostasis. Thus, the procedure may be accompanied by considerable blood loss, which amount can subsequently negatively affect the postoperative period. It can be assumed, that precise diagnosis of primary hemostasis disorders and subsequent targeted therapy can reduce blood loss and improve outcome of the patient. However, the role of primary hemostasis has not yet been sufficiently specified in this area. Usually, coagulation functions during surgery, are at our department monitored by using ROTEM tests (assesses clot strength), PFA 200 (assesses primary haemostasis under high shear stress conditions and is very sensitive to vWF deficiency) and ROTEM / platelet (assesses primary haemostasis under "low shear stress" conditions and is very susceptible to platelet dysfunction). Targeted therapy by administering necessary clotting factors is used, if any pathology in these tests is detected. However, it is not known, whether the targeted therapy administered is effective enough in patients during the support of extracorporeal circulation. In our monocentric, prospective, observational study, data from the tests mentioned above will be analyzed, and their correlation with a laboratory examination of VWF levels and activity will be monitored. Based on these data, we will try to determine whether perioperative examination of primary hemostasis during lung transplantation (PFA examination, Rotem / platelet-aggregometry and von Willebrand factor-vWF level) is of clinical significance and whether the diagnosis of hemostasis disorder at this level and subsequent targeted therapy may reduce perioperative blood loss.
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ECMO is a type of extracorporeal circulation that has experienced a significant increase in use in the last decade as a substitute for lung or heart functions in patients, both perioperatively - especially extensive thoracic surgery procedures such as lung transplantation, or in resuscitation care - in life-threatening conditions associated with heart or lung failure. It uses the classical principle of extracorporeal circulation technology to create continuous, non-pulsating blood flow and, at the same time, its extracorporeal oxygenation. In its two basic configurations, it can only be used to provide respiratory support (veno-venous configuration, VV ECMO), or also cardiac support (veno-arterial configuration, VA ECMO).
Due to the fact that ECMO circuit is an artificial system consisting of cannulas, blood pump and oxygenator itself, the blood is exposed to a huge surface that is not covered by endothelium, thus stimulates the activation of proinflammatory and procoagulant systems. This exposure results in a prothrombotic condition that is associated with a high risk of thrombotic complications. At the same time, however, with this continuous activation of the coagulation cascade, platelets and coagulation factors are depleted, this may lead to an increased risk of bleeding. Pathological shear stress may result in direct binding of VWF (von Willebrand factor) and the platelet GPIIb / IIIa receptor, resulting in their activation and thrombotic complications, however, the effect of non-physiological shear stress may also lead to loss of GPIbα and GPVI platelet receptors, which, in the opposite, causes a disorder of their adhesion and aggregation to VWF and collagen and increases risk of bleeding. Another important factor is loss and fragmentation of the large VWF multimers, a condition known as acquired von Willebrand's syndrome, which causes platelet adhesion to be impaired and thus contributes to bleeding complications.
Both of these situations, definitely, increase morbidity and mortality in patients, so it is necessary to find an optimal and reliable options for the coagulation system functions monitoration, based on which it is possible to immediately perform a targeted therapeutic intervention.
Results of several studies suggest, that increased platelet activation or decreased function results in both thrombotic and bleeding complications in patients requiring extracorporeal support, and these changes cannot be detected by tests, which are usually performed (ROTEM or other common coagulation tests).
Hypothesis:
ECMO causes an early disorder of primary hemostasis, which is detectable by point of care (POC) testing methods PFA 200 and ROTEM / platelet, according to their results, targeted and effective therapy can be applied.
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Primary objective is to find out:
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The group of patients will be represented by patients indicated for implantation of ECMO support during the lung transplantation procedure. ROTEM, PFA 200 and ROTEM / platelet POCs will be used for the perioperative detection of primary and secondary hemostasis disorders- this is a standard approach in Motol University Hospital. In addition to these standard tests, an analysis of the blood sample will also be performed in cooperation with the Institute of hematology and blood transfusion. These tests are represented by quantification of vFW (using quantification of vWF antigen), vFW function test - Ristocetin Cofactor Assay (ex vivo examination of patient's blood plasma, which is depleted of platelets but contains vWF) and Colagen Binding Assay (measures the ability of VWF, especially its large multimers, to bind to collagen).
Blood samples will be taken:
Time schedule: 1 year (i.e. 40 patients, on average, about 35 patients undergo lung transplantation per year at our department).
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Michal Garaj, MD; Miroslav Durila, MD
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