[Effects of long-term oral administration of β-blocker on septic myocardial injury and prognosis].

OBJECTIVE

To investigate the effect of long-term oral administration of β-blocker on septic myocardial injury and prognosis.

METHODS

A retrospective study was conducted. Patients who were admitted to the emergency intensive care unit (EICU) and intensive care unit (ICU) of Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province from January 2015 to June 2020 were enrolled. A total of 289 patients who met the criteria of myocardial injury induced by sepsis were included in the analysis. Among them, 187 patients who had never taken β-blocker within 3 months before diagnosis were divided in the non-β-blocker group, and 102 patients who took β-blocker daily for more than 3 months before diagnosis were in the β-blocker group. The physiological and biochemical characteristics were compared between the two groups, including heart rate, mean arterial pressure (MAP) at the time of diagnosis, cardiac troponin I (cTnI), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (CK-MB), blood lactic acid (Lac), central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2), sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) score within 24 hours of diagnosis, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), early and late mitral orifice diastolic peak flow velocity ratio (E/A), utilization rate of vasoactive drugs during hospitalization and 28-day mortality.

RESULTS

The heart rate in the β-blocker group at the time of diagnosis was significantly lower than that in the non-β-blocker group (bpm: 107±8 vs. 110±7, P < 0.01), and the levels of cTnI and BNP within 24 hours of diagnosis were significantly lower than those in the non-β-blocker group [cTnI (μg/L): 0.191 (0.220) vs. 0.291 (0.300), BNP (ng/L): 627 (133) vs. 690 (201), both P < 0.05]. However, there were no significant differences in MAP, CK-MB, Lac, ScvO2, SOFA score, APACHE II score, LVEF, E/A, vasoactive drug utilization rate, and 28-day mortality between the β-blocker and non-β-blocker groups [MAP (mmHg, 1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa): 70.6±3.9 vs. 69.9±3.8, CK-MB (μg/L): 4.24 (3.33) vs. 4.32 (3.13), Lac (mmol/L): 3.50 (1.80) vs. 3.50 (1.90), ScvO2: 0.729±0.032 vs. 0.735±0.041, SOFA score: 7.74±2.34 vs. 7.25±2.23, APACHE II score: 17.19±5.13 vs. 18.27±6.12, LVEF: 0.567±0.058 vs. 0.557±0.051, E/A: 0.71 (0.20) vs. 0.69 (0.20), vasoactive drug utilization rate: 60.8% (62/102) vs. 56.7% (106/187), 28-day mortality: 23.5% (24/102) vs. 25.7% (48/187), all P > 0.05].

CONCLUSIONS

Long-term oral administration of β-blocker reduce myocardial injury in septic patients, and has no effect on disease severity and prognosis.