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JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume 308, Issue 16, Pages 1641-1650Publisher
AMER MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.12424
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- Institute for Science and Technology, Flanders, Belgium (via Catholic University of Leuven) [IWT/070695/TBM]
- Methusalem Program of the Flemish Government (via Catholic University of Leuven) [METH08/07]
- FWO Research Foundation-Flanders, Belgium
- Clinical Research Fund of the Leuven University Hospital
- Viropharma
- Cyberonics
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Context A large randomized controlled trial revealed that tight glucose control (TGC) to age-adjusted normoglycemia (50-80 mg/dL at age <1 year and 70-100 mg/dL at age 1-16 years) reduced intensive care morbidity and mortality compared with usual care (UC), but increased hypoglycemia (<= 40 mg/dL) (25% vs 1%). Objective As both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia may adversely affect the developing brain, long-term follow-up was required to exclude harm and validate short-term benefits of TGC. Design, Setting, and Patients A prospective, randomized controlled trial of 700 patients aged 16 years or younger who were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of the University Hospitals in Leuven, Belgium, between October 2004 and December 2007. Follow-up was scheduled after 3 years with infants assessed at 4 years old between August 2008 and January 2012. Assessment was performed blinded for treatment allocation, in-hospital (83%) or at home/school (17%). For comparison, 216 healthy siblings and unrelated children were tested. Main Outcome Measures Intelligence (full-scale intelligence quotient [IQ]), as assessed with age-adjusted tests (Wechsler IQ scales). Further neurodevelopmental testing encompassed tests for visual-motor integration (Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration); attention, motor coordination, and executive functions (Amsterdam Neuropsychological Tasks); memory (Children's Memory Scale); and behavior (Child Behavior Checklist). Results Sixteen percent of patients declined participation or could not be reached (n=113), resulting in 569 patients being alive and testable at follow-up. At a median (interquartile range [IQR]) of 3.9 (3.8-4.1) years after randomization, TGC in the ICU did not affect full-scale IQ score (median [IQR], 88.0 [74.0-100.0] vs 88.5 [74.3-99.0] for UC; P=.73) and had not increased incidence of poor outcomes (death or severe disability precluding neurocognitive testing: 19% [68/349] vs 18% [63/351] with UC; risk-adjusted odds ratio, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.60-1.46; P=.72). Other scores for intelligence, visual-motor integration, and memory also did not differ between groups. Tight glucose control improved motor coordination( 9% [95% CI, 0%-18%] to 20% [95% CI, 5%-35%] better, all P <= .03) and cognitive flexibility (19% [95% CI, 5%-33%] better, P=.02). Brief hypoglycemia evoked by TGC was not associated with worse neurocognitive outcome. Conclusion At follow-up, children who had been treated with TGC during an ICU admission did not have a worse measure of intelligence than those who had received UC.
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