Patients with hemorrhagic shock are in critical condition and need rapid and large amounts of blood transfusion and fluid rehydration [17–18]. Central vein catheterization is one of the essential operations and has been widely used in clinical rescue of patients [19]. However, central vein catheterization technology, as an invasive operation technology, causes catheter-associated infection, which is a difficult problem for clinical medical staff [20].
In this study, 54 of 249 patients with central venous catheter developed CRBSI, with an infection rate of about 21.7%, which was significantly higher than the 13% reported by Bisanti A et al. [21] (CRBSI occurred in ICU), indicating to a certain extent that the incidence of CRBS was higher in patients with emergency hemorrhagic shock. The analysis of basic data for infected and non-infected groups(Table 1)and the results of Logistic regression analysis༈Table 2༉showed that age, location of central vein catheterization, APACHEⅡ score, duration of deep vein catheterization, application of broad-spectrum antibiotics and ultrasound-guided puncture were independent risk factors for CRBSI. Due to the patient's advanced age and high APACHEⅡ score, the patient's immunity generally declined, which may be an important reason for the patient's CRBSI [22]. With the increase of catheter retention time, substances such as serum protein and fibrin in the blood are easily deposited on the surface of the catheter. The above-mentioned sediments are an ideal medium for pathogenic bacteria and play a role in protecting the pathogenic bacteria from being killed by immune cells and antibacterial drugs, thus promoting the release of a large number of pathogenic bacteria into the blood and eventually causing infection. In the multivariate Logistic regression analysis of this study, the OR value of catheter indwelling time was 4.503, indicating that the longer the catheter indwelling time, the greater the possibility of catheter-related bloodstream infection.Polderman Studies by Polderman KH [23] and Pitiriga V[24] also indicated that catheter indwelling time is an independent risk factor for catheter-related infection, so central venous catheter should be removed as soon as possible if conditions permit. In this study, as some trauma patients had open contaminated wounds, it was necessary to use broad-spectrum antibiotics early to prevent infection, but the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics could not reduce CLABSI[25]. The data of this study showed that the use of antibiotics was also an important risk factor for CRBSI in patients with hemorrhagic shock (OR = 1.542). Rinke ML et al. [26] showed that the history of antibiotic treatment was identified as a risk factor for cathedral-associated bloodstream infection, which may be due to unreasonable timing, drug selection and duration of use. As a result, some patients with bacterial colonization eventually become infected, so the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics can easily lead to the generation of drug-resistant strains, which in turn increases the probability of CRBSI. Guidelines for CLABSI prevention and control issued by the CENTERS for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Advisory Committee on Hospital Infection Control Practices (HICPAC) in June 2017 also explicitly stated that routine systemic prophylactic use of antibiotics should not be used to prevent catheter bacterial colonization before or during endovascular catheterization[27].Regarding the role of ultrasound in central venous catheterization, it has been reported that ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization can reduce the incidence of catheter-related bloodstream infection[28–29]. However, Khera S[30] suggested that ultrasound-guided central vein catheterization was not associated with catheter-associated bloodstream infection. Buetti[31] believes that improper ultrasound procedures can increase the incidence of catheter-associated infections. In this study, it was found that the rate of catheter infection in ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization was lower than that in non-ultrasound-guided catheterization. We believe that ultrasound guidance can reduce the incidence of catheter bloodstream infection as long as the strict aseptic operation is performed, which may be mainly due to the higher success rate of puncture under ultrasound, which reduces the number of puncture and tissue damage, thus reducing the probability of catheter infection. In this study, it was also found that the incidence of infection varied with the location of central vein catheterization. The incidence of infection of internal jugular vein or subclavian vein catheterization was lower than that of femoral vein catheterization, which was similar to the findings of Heidenreich D[32]. Parienti JJ's study identified a low subclavian vein access infection rate but a high likelihood of pneumothorax[33].Therefore, jugular vein access can be used as the preferred site for catheterization in the absence of obvious contraindications.
In this study, pathogenic strains were cultured in the samples submitted by 54 patients with catheter-associated infection, and the main pathogen was gram-positive bacteria (53.6%), among which Staphylococcus epidermis had the highest incidence (44.6%), which may be related to bacterial colonization at the site of central venous catheter insertion [34–35]. Since all patients with hemorrhagic shock in this study were in critical condition, the disinfection and operation procedures of medical staff during catheterization may be inadequate. In addition, the drug sensitivity results showed that gram-positive coccus had the highest sensitivity to vancomycin. San-Juan R et al. [36] concluded that vancomycin should continue to be the preferred treatment for Gram-positive catheter-associated bloodstream infections, especially in hospital centers with low prevalence of strains with reduced vancomycin sensitivity. Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has received increasing attention from the medical community[37–38]. In this study, amoxicillin was found to have the highest resistance rate, followed by ampicillin. Therefore, in clinical practice, antibiotics are selected according to patients' drug sensitivity. Gram-negative bacilli had the highest sensitivity to imipenem, followed by tobramycin, but the drug resistance rate to amikacin and ceftriaxone was relatively high, which has certain reference value for guiding clinical empirical drug use.For the treatment of CRBSI caused by gram-negative bacteria, current guidelines recommend antibiotic treatment for at least 7–14 days, while recent data suggest that appropriate antibiotic treatment for 7 days or less after central venous catheter removal may be as effective as a longer course of treatment for catheter infection [39–40]. A total of 7 patients with fungal infection were detected in this study, mainly Candida albicans. It has been reported that central venous catheters, broad-spectrum antibiotics and candida colonization are risk factors for critical patients with invasive candida infection [41–42]. In this study, the duration of use of antibiotics was (8.1 ± 1.3) days, the infection of all patients was controlled, the clinical symptoms disappeared, and the bacterial culture results were negative. Zhong Y et al. [43] believed that early central venous catheter re-placement was safe in the case of CRBSI. For patients who still require a Central Line for ongoing treatment, replacement of a new Central Line should not be delayed..
This study was a retrospective analysis, which had certain limitations, such as whether to disinfect hands before puncture, the number of puncture, and the working years of surgeons, which could not be counted. This is a single-center study with a relatively small number of cases, and the results may be biased. In the future, we will further expand the sample size and conduct prospective studies to provide more sufficient and reliable evidence for the prevention of CRBSI in patients with hemorrhagic shock.
In conclusion, the incidence of catheter-related infection in patients with deep vein catheterization in hemorrhagic shock is still high, and Gram-positive bacteria is the main pathogen, which is related to the patient's age, catheterization location, catheter indentation time, APACHEⅡ score, application of broad-spectrum antibiotics, and ultrasound-guided puncture. In clinical work, doctors should strengthen the assessment of the condition of patients with hemorrhagic shock, strictly aseptic operation, as far as possible to select the internal jugular vein or subclavian vein for ultrasound-guided puncture, early withdrawal of the central venous catheter, and strict control of the application of broad-spectrum antibiotics.