# Association between hydroxocobalamin administration and acute kidney injury after smoke inhalation: a multicenter retrospective study

François Dépret, Clement Hoffmann, Laura Daoud, Camille Thieffry, Laure Monplaisir, Jules Creveaux, Djillali Annane, Erika Parmentier, Daniel Mathieu, Sandrine Wiramus, et al.

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# Association between hydroxocobalamin administration and acute kidney injury after smoke inhalation: a multicenter retrospective study

François Dépret<sup>1,2,3,4</sup>, Clément Hoffmann<sup>5</sup>, Laura Daoud<sup>1</sup>, Camille Thieffry<sup>6</sup>, Laure Monplaisir<sup>1</sup>, Jules Creveaux<sup>5</sup>, Djillali Annane<sup>7</sup>, Erika Parmentier<sup>6</sup>, Daniel Mathieu<sup>6</sup>, Sandrine Wiramus<sup>8</sup>, Dominique Demeure Dlt Latte<sup>9</sup>, Aubin Kpodji<sup>10</sup>, Julien Textoris<sup>11</sup>, Florian Robin<sup>12</sup>, Kada Klouche<sup>13</sup>, Emmanuel Pontis<sup>14</sup>, Guillaume Schnell<sup>15</sup>, François Barbier<sup>16</sup>, Jean-Michel Constantin<sup>17</sup>, Thomas Clavier<sup>18,19</sup>, Damien du Cheyron<sup>20</sup>, Nicolas Terzi<sup>21</sup>, Bertrand Sauneuf<sup>22</sup>, Emmanuel Guerot<sup>23,24</sup>, Thomas Lafon<sup>25,26</sup>, Alexandre Herbland<sup>27</sup>, Bruno Megarbane<sup>28</sup>, Thomas Leclerc<sup>4</sup>, Vincent Mallet<sup>29</sup>, Romain Pirracchio<sup>30</sup> and Matthieu Legrand<sup>1,2,3,5,31*</sup>

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**Abstract**

**Background:** The use of hydroxocobalamin has long been advocated for treating suspected cyanide poisoning after smoke inhalation. Intravenous hydroxocobalamin has however been shown to cause oxalate nephropathy in a single-center study. The impact of hydroxocobalamin on the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and survival after smoke inhalation in a multicenter setting remains unexplored.

**Methods:** We conducted a multicenter retrospective study in 21 intensive care units (ICUs) in France. We included patients admitted to an ICU for smoke inhalation between January 2011 and December 2017. We excluded patients discharged at home alive within 24 h of admission. We assessed the risk of AKI (primary endpoint), severe AKI, major adverse kidney (MAKE) events, and survival (secondary endpoints) after administration of hydroxocobalamin using logistic regression models.

**Results:** Among 854 patients screened, 739 patients were included. Three hundred six and 386 (55.2%) patients received hydroxocobalamin. Mortality in ICU was 32.9% (n = 243). Two hundred eighty-eight (39%) patients developed AKI, including 186 (25.2%) who developed severe AKI during the first week. Patients who received hydroxocobalamin were more severe and had higher mortality (38.1% vs 27.2%, p = 0.0022). The adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of AKI after intravenous hydroxocobalamin was 1.597 (1.055, 2.419) and 1.772 (1.137, 2.762) for severe AKI; intravenous hydroxocobalamin was not associated with survival or MAKE with an adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of 1.114 (0.691, 1.797) and 0.784 (0.456, 1.349) respectively.

**Conclusion:** Hydroxocobalamin was associated with an increased risk of AKI and severe AKI but was not associated with survival after smoke inhalation.

**Trial registration:** ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03558646

**Keywords:** Smoke inhalation, Acute kidney injury, Intensive care unit, Mortality, Burn, Hydroxocobalamin

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<footnote>* Correspondence: matthieu.m.legrand@gmail.com</footnote>

<footnote n="1">¹Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Burn Unit, AP-HP, GH Saint Louis-Lariboisière, Paris, France</footnote>

<footnote n="2">²UMR INSERM 942, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Paris, France</footnote>

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## Introduction

Patients with smoke inhalation are at a high risk of death or major morbidities. Cyanide is a documented cause for rapid death after intoxication from smoke [1]. Several cyanide antidotes have been proposed (i.e., sodium nitrite, amyl nitrite, sodium thiosulfate, 4-dimethylaminophenol, dicobalt edetate, and hydroxocobalamin) with utilization varying across countries [2]. Several experts suggested using hydroxocobalamin as the first-line treatment after suspected cyanide intoxication due to its perceived good safety profile [3]. However, other experts raised concerns about liberalizing the use of hydroxocobalamin after smoke inhalation due to a lack of data on both efficacy and tolerance. They have called for additional investigations [4, 5].

Recently, nephrotoxicity of hydroxocobalamin due to oxalate nephropathy was reported in a single-center study among burn patients [4]. The objective of this cohort study was to assess the association between the use of hydroxocobalamin and the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and death in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with smoke inhalation.

## Methods

### Study population and settings

We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study in 21 ICUs in France. All consecutive adult (≥ 18 years old) patients admitted between January 2011 and December 2017 with the final diagnosis of smoke inhalation were included in this study. Patients discharged alive at home within 24 h from admission (reflecting absence of severity) were excluded. Patient files were retrieved using our national coding for smoke inhalation injury (code CIM T599 for all patients and associated: X00-0, X09-0, X09-9, X47-0, X47-08, X47-9, X67-0, X67-9, T58) (Additional file 1: Table S1). This academic investigator-driven study was registered at [ClinicalTrials.gov](https://ClinicalTrials.gov), NCT03558646. The study protocol was approved by our local research ethical committee (Comité de Protection des Personnes 2013/17NICB). The use of patient's data was allowed in cases of death and/or when proxies could not be contacted.

### Primary outcome

The primary outcome was AKI. AKI was defined according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) within 7 days following admission using the serum creatinine criteria [6].

### Secondary outcome

Secondary outcomes were severe AKI (severe AKI defined patients by AKI stage 2 or 3), major associated kidney events (MAKE) in the ICU, which includes death and/or

renal replacement therapy (RRT), and/or persistent AKI at ICU discharge. Persistent AKI was defined as an elevated SCreat level from baseline by > 1.5-fold or > 0.3 mg/dL (26.3 µmol/L) at ICU discharge or RRT at ICU discharge and survival in the ICU.

## Data collections and definitions

Data were collected through a standardized case report form. Each form was manually encoded in each participating center using the initials and year of birth of the patient. Admission serum creatinine (SCreat) was used for baseline SCreat. Severe burn was defined as total body surface area (TBSA) burn ≥ 20% and/or deep TBSA burn ≥ 10% with organ support on admission (i.e., mechanical ventilation or need for vasopressors) [7]. When a fiber-optic bronchoscopy was performed, inhalation injury was classified according to fiber-optic bronchoscopy inhalation injury classification [8].

## Sample size and statistical analysis

Due to the exploratory design of this study, no sample size could be calculated. Categorical variables were presented using percentages and counts, and continuous variables were presented using means and standard deviations or medians with the 25th and 75th percentiles. Categorical variables were compared using the chi-square test or Fisher's exact test as appropriate. Continuous variables were compared using the Student *t* test or the Mann-Whitney *U* test as appropriate.

Actuarial mortality was plotted using the Kaplan-Meier estimator. Administrative censoring was applied at day 90. The impact of hydroxocobalamin administration on AKI was estimated using a multivariate logistic regression model adjusting age, comorbidities, aminoglycoside, vancomycin and iodine contrast agent utilization during hospitalization, peak value of creatinine phosphokinase, prehospital cardiac arrest, prehospital minimal GCS, severe burn, initial sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score without the renal item, lactate at admission, need for catecholamine infusion at admission, the SAPS2 score calculated over the first 24 h, the interaction between hydroxocobalamin administration and prehospital cardiac arrest, and the center. The impact of hydroxocobalamin administration on secondary outcomes (severe AKI, MAKE, survival) was estimated using a multivariate logistic regression model adjusting for the same confounders. An interaction term between prehospital cardiac arrest and hydroxocobalamin was also introduced in the model. Odds ratios were provided together with their 95% confidence intervals.
<table><caption>**Table 1** Comparison between patients with or without hydroxocobalamin</caption><thead><tr><th>Characteristics</th><th>All patients, N = 739</th><th>Hydroxocobalamin, N = 386</th><th>No hydroxocobalamin, N = 353</th><th>p</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>At admission</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Age in years</td><td>50 (36-63)</td><td>50 (38-62)</td><td>48 (33-64)</td><td>0.4858</td></tr><tr><td>- Sex female, n (%)</td><td>271 (36.7)</td><td>140 (36.3)</td><td>131 (37.1)</td><td>0.9335</td></tr><tr><td>- BMI in kg/m<sup>2</sup></td><td>25 (22-28)</td><td>24 (22-28)</td><td>25 (22-28)</td><td>0.2416</td></tr><tr><td>- Prehospital cardiac arrest (%)</td><td>46 (6.2)</td><td>42 (10.9)</td><td>4 (1.1)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Prehospital GSC /15</td><td>15 (9-15)</td><td>13 (5-15)</td><td>15 (14-15)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Comorbidities</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- CKD, n (%)</td><td>6 (0.8)</td><td>6 (1.6)</td><td>0 (0)</td><td>0.0315</td></tr><tr><td>- CHT, n (%)</td><td>141 (19.1)</td><td>71 (18.4)</td><td>70 (19.9)</td><td>0.6872</td></tr><tr><td>- Diabetes mellitus, n (%)</td><td>54 (7.3)</td><td>33 (8.5)</td><td>21 (6)</td><td>0.2243</td></tr><tr><td>- Peripheral artery disease, n (%)</td><td>22 (3)</td><td>9 (2.3)</td><td>13 (3.7)</td><td>0.3882</td></tr><tr><td>- CHF, n (%)</td><td>33 (4.5)</td><td>20 (5.2)</td><td>13 (3.7)</td><td>0.4197</td></tr><tr><td>Burn characteristic</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Burn, n (%)</td><td>577 (78.1)</td><td>286 (74.1)</td><td>291 (82.4)</td><td>0.0081</td></tr><tr><td>- TBSA %</td><td>20 (3-47)</td><td>15 (0-45)</td><td>24 (6-50)</td><td>0.0163</td></tr><tr><td>- Deep burn TBSA %</td><td>9 (0-30)</td><td>5 (0-30)</td><td>10 (0-32)</td><td>0.1985</td></tr><tr><td>SOFA at admission</td><td>4 (1-7)</td><td>5 (2-8)</td><td>2 (0-5)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>MAP in mmHg</td><td>86 (72-101)</td><td>86 (68-101)</td><td>86 (73-101)</td><td>0.4383</td></tr><tr><td>Vasopressors, n (%)</td><td>226 (30.6)</td><td>153 (39.6)</td><td>73 (20.7)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>HbCO %</td><td>3.6 (1.9-9.7)</td><td>7 (3-15)</td><td>3 (2-5)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Biological data</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Plasma lactate in mmol/L</td><td>3.0 (1.8-5.2)</td><td>3.5 (2.1-6)</td><td>2.6 (1.4-4.1)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Serum creatinine at admission in µmol/L</td><td>76 (59-101)</td><td>82 (63-106)</td><td>71 (56-93)</td><td>0.0031</td></tr><tr><td>- Maximal serum creatinine in µmol/L</td><td>100 (73-162)</td><td>108 (77-182)</td><td>90 (71-137)</td><td>0.0027</td></tr><tr><td>Inhalation fibroscopic status, n (%)</td><td>305 (41.3)</td><td>105 (27.5)</td><td>200 (56.7)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 0, n</td><td>1 (0.1)</td><td>0 (0)</td><td>1 (0.3)</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 1, n</td><td>121 (16.4)</td><td>31 (8)</td><td>90 (25.5)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 2, n</td><td>110 (14.9)</td><td>37 (9.6)</td><td>73 (20.7)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 3, n</td><td>73 (9.9)</td><td>37 (9.6)</td><td>36 (10.2)</td><td>0.8764</td></tr><tr><td>During ICU hospitalization</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- In-ICU mortality, n (%)</td><td>243 (32.9)</td><td>147 (38.1)</td><td>96 (27.2)</td><td>0.0022</td></tr><tr><td>- AKI in the first week, n (%)</td><td>288 (39)</td><td>166 (43)</td><td>122 (34.6)</td><td>0.0229</td></tr><tr><td>- Stage of AKI</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Stage 1, n (%)</td><td>102 (13.8)</td><td>52 (13.5)</td><td>50 (14.2)</td><td>0.8682</td></tr><tr><td>- Stage 2, n (%)</td><td>39 (5.3)</td><td>22 (5.7)</td><td>17 (4.8)</td><td>0.7099</td></tr><tr><td>- Stage 3, n (%)</td><td>147 (19.9)</td><td>92 (23.8)</td><td>55 (15.6)</td><td>0.0066</td></tr><tr><td>- Severe AKI, n (%)</td><td>186 (25.2)</td><td>114 (29.5)</td><td>72 (20.4)</td><td>0.0055</td></tr><tr><td>RRT at day 7, n (%)</td><td>136 (18.8)</td><td>86 (22.3)</td><td>50 (14.2)</td><td>0.006</td></tr><tr><td>- RRT in ICU, n (%)</td><td>183 (24.8)</td><td>107 (27.7)</td><td>76 (21.5)</td><td>0.0626</td></tr><tr><td>- MAKE, n (%)</td><td>313 (42.4)</td><td>187 (48.4)</td><td>126 (35.7)</td><td>0.0006</td></tr><tr><td>- Shock in ICU, n (%)</td><td>402 (54.4)</td><td>225 (58.3)</td><td>176 (50)</td><td>0.0261</td></tr><tr><td>- Length of stay in ICU in days</td><td>15 (3-44)</td><td>11 (2-36)</td><td>22 (3-50)</td><td>0.0161</td></tr><tr><td>- SAPS2</td><td>42 (27-60)</td><td>49 (31-77)</td><td>37 (23-54)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- In-ICU survival, n (%)</td><td>496 (67.1)</td><td>239 (61.9)</td><td>257 (72.8)</td><td>0.0022</td></tr><tr><td>Nephrotoxic in ICU</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Aminoglycoside during hospitalization</td><td>188 (25.4)</td><td>81 (21)</td><td>107 (30.3)</td><td>0.0047</td></tr><tr><td>- Glycopeptide during hospitalization</td><td>41 (5.5)</td><td>16 (4.1)</td><td>25 (7.1)</td><td>0.1138</td></tr><tr><td>- Contrast agent</td><td>74 (10)</td><td>48 (12.4)</td><td>26 (7.4)</td><td>0.0299</td></tr></tbody></table>

All data are expressed as median ± 25-75 interquartile or percentage (%)

BMI body mass index, GCS Glasgow coma scale, CKD chronic kidney disease, CHT chronic hypertension, CHF chronic heart failure, TBSA total body surface area, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, MAP mean arterial pressure, HbCO carboxy hemoglobin, ICU intensive care unit, AKI acute kidney injury, Severe AKI AKI stage 2 and 3, RRT renal replacement therapy, MAKE major associated kidney events, Shock in ICU catecholamine need during ICU stay, SAPS2 simplified acute physiology score 2
<table><caption>**Table 2** Multivariate analyses of factors associated with AKI and severe AKI</caption><thead><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Adjusted odds ratio</th><th>LCI</th><th>UCI</th><th>p</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>AKI</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hydroxocobalamin</td><td>1.597</td><td>1.055</td><td>2.419</td><td>0.027</td></tr><tr><td>Severe burn</td><td>2.91</td><td>1.841</td><td>4.601</td><td>&lt; 0.001</td></tr><tr><td>SOFA score without renal item</td><td>1.003</td><td>0.891</td><td>1.129</td><td>0.963</td></tr><tr><td>Prehospital GCS</td><td>1.064</td><td>0.997</td><td>1.136</td><td>0.063</td></tr><tr><td>Aminoglycoside during hospitalization</td><td>2.903</td><td>1.184</td><td>4.473</td><td>&lt; 0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Glycopeptide during hospitalization</td><td>1.731</td><td>0.773</td><td>3.877</td><td>0.182</td></tr><tr><td>Admission plasma lactate</td><td>1.105</td><td>1.034</td><td>1.182</td><td>0.003</td></tr><tr><td>Age</td><td>1.009</td><td>0.997</td><td>1.021</td><td>0.154</td></tr><tr><td>Peripheral arterial obstructive disease</td><td>0.913</td><td>0.308</td><td>2.713</td><td>0.87</td></tr><tr><td>Diabetes mellitus</td><td>1.487</td><td>0.726</td><td>3.046</td><td>0.278</td></tr><tr><td>Chronic hypertension</td><td>2.134</td><td>1.248</td><td>3.649</td><td>0.006</td></tr><tr><td>CKD</td><td>0.947</td><td>0.119</td><td>7.504</td><td>0.959</td></tr><tr><td>Prehospital cardiac arrest</td><td>0.418</td><td>0.025</td><td>7.096</td><td>0.546</td></tr><tr><td>Vasopressor at admission</td><td>1.778</td><td>0.93</td><td>3.396</td><td>0.081</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum CPK</td><td>1.081</td><td>0.997</td><td>1.242</td><td>0.269</td></tr><tr><td>Contrast agent</td><td>1.445</td><td>0.803</td><td>2.601</td><td>0.219</td></tr><tr><td>SAPS2</td><td>1.021</td><td>1.006</td><td>1.036</td><td>0.009</td></tr><tr><td>Center</td><td>1.014</td><td>0.976</td><td>1.053</td><td>0.484</td></tr><tr><td>Interaction between prehospital cardiac arrest and hydroxocobalamin</td><td>2.245</td><td>0.125</td><td>40.367</td><td>0.583</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Severe AKI</strong></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Hydroxocobalamin</td><td>1.772</td><td>1.137</td><td>2.762</td><td>0.012</td></tr><tr><td>Age</td><td>1.006</td><td>0.993</td><td>1.019</td><td>0.394</td></tr><tr><td>Peripheral arterial obstructive disease</td><td>0.552</td><td>0.183</td><td>1.668</td><td>0.292</td></tr><tr><td>Diabetes mellitus</td><td>1.201</td><td>0.582</td><td>2.479</td><td>0.619</td></tr><tr><td>Chronic hypertension</td><td>2.045</td><td>1.168</td><td>3.579</td><td>0.012</td></tr><tr><td>Prehospital cardiac arrest</td><td>0.775</td><td>0.043</td><td>14.12</td><td>0.863</td></tr><tr><td>Severe burn</td><td>2.157</td><td>1.276</td><td>3.645</td><td>0.004</td></tr><tr><td>SOFA score at admission without renal item</td><td>1.047</td><td>0.924</td><td>1.185</td><td>0.471</td></tr><tr><td>CKD</td><td>2.407</td><td>0.285</td><td>20.299</td><td>0.418</td></tr><tr><td>Vasopressor at admission</td><td>1.298</td><td>0.653</td><td>2.579</td><td>0.456</td></tr><tr><td>Prehospital GCS</td><td>1.04</td><td>0.973</td><td>1.11</td><td>0.248</td></tr><tr><td>Admission plasma lactate</td><td>1.151</td><td>1.062</td><td>1.248</td><td>0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum CPK</td><td>1.099</td><td>0.904</td><td>1.337</td><td>0.324</td></tr><tr><td>Aminoglycoside during hospitalization</td><td>2.418</td><td>1.539</td><td>3.801</td><td>&lt; 0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Contrast agent</td><td>0.889</td><td>0.476</td><td>1.663</td><td>0.713</td></tr><tr><td>Glycopeptide during hospitalization</td><td>2.873</td><td>1.318</td><td>6.261</td><td>0.008</td></tr><tr><td>SAPS2</td><td>1.02</td><td>1.006</td><td>1.035</td><td>0.006</td></tr><tr><td>Center</td><td>1.042</td><td>0.998</td><td>1.089</td><td>0.061</td></tr><tr><td>Interaction between prehospital cardiac arrest and hydroxocobalamin</td><td>0.412</td><td>0.02</td><td>8.331</td><td>0.563</td></tr></tbody></table>

AKI acute kidney injury, LCI lower confidence interval, UCI upper confidence interval, *p* *p* value, SOFA score sequential organ failure assessment, GCS Glasgow coma scale, CKD chronic kidney disease, CPK creatinine phosphokinase, SAPS2 simplified acute physiology score 2
<figure><img src="image_5.png" /><figcaption>**Fig. 1** Non-adjusted and adjusted odds ratio (lower confidence interval, upper confidence interval) of hydroxocobalamin for AKI (upper panel) and severe AKI (lower panel). Adjusted on the following variables: age, peripheral arterial obstructive disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic hypertension, chronic kidney disease, prehospital cardiac arrest, severe burn, SOFA score without kidney item, vasopressors at admission, prehospital Glasgow coma scale, plasmatic lactate level at admission, maximum creatinine phosphokinase plasmatic level, contrast agent, use of vancomycin and aminoglycosides, and simplified acute physiology score 2</figcaption></figure>

Missing data were handled using multivariate imputation by chained equations (mice package for R, 50 imputations) [9].

Because plasma lactate level was shown to correlate with cyanide, we performed subgroup analysis in patients with plasma lactate level at admission above median of the entire cohort and above 8 mmol/L [10, 11]. A subgroup analysis was also performed in patients with severe burns.

## Results

Among 854 patients with smoke inhalation, 739 were included in the analysis after exclusion of patients discharged at home within 24 h. Three hundred eighty-six (55.2%) patients received hydroxocobalamin. Patient's characteristics and comparison between patients who received hydroxocobalamin and those who did not are presented in Table 1. The number of patients per center is summarized in Additional file 2: Table S2.

## Acute kidney injury

Two hundred eighty-eight (39%) patients developed AKI in the first week, including 186 (25.2%) patients with severe AKI. In univariate analysis, the use of hydroxocobalamin was associated with AKI, severe AKI, and RRT (Table 1). After adjusting for potential confounders, hydroxocobalamin remained associated with AKI and severe AKI and RRT (Table 2, Fig. 1 and Additional file 3: Table S3). Severe burns, aminoglycoside administration, admission plasma lactate

level, chronic hypertension, and SAPS2 were also associated with AKI (Table 2).

Three hundred and thirteen (42.4%) patients met the criteria for MAKE during ICU stay. Hydroxocobalamin was not associated with the risk of MAKE in multivariate analysis (OR = 0.784, LCI = 0.456, UCI = 1.349, *p* = 0.379). Factors associated with MAKE in ICU are summarized in Additional file 4: Table S4.

## ICU mortality

Mortality in ICU was 32.9% (N = 243). Patients who received hydroxocobalamin had higher severity scores and higher mortality rate. Factors associated with mortality in univariate analysis are summarized in Table 3 and Fig. 2. In multivariate analysis, hydroxocobalamin was not associated with survival (OR = 1.114, LCI = 0.691, UCI = 1.797, *p* = 0.657). Age, severe burns, SAPS2, plasma lactate level at admission, and the center were associated with mortality in ICU (Table 4). Three hundred and ninety-two patients (53%) had admission plasma lactate level above the median (median = 3.0 [1.8–5.2] mmol/L), and 74 patients had admission plasma lactate level ≥ 8 mmol/L (median = 10.5 [8.9–12.8] mmol/L) (among 681 (92.2%) patients with plasma lactate available at admission, Additional file 5: Table S5). No association between hydroxocobalamin use and survival was observed after adjustment for confounding factors in the subgroups of patients with admission plasma lactate level above the median (OR = 0.76; LCI = 0.398, UCI = 1.451, *p* = 0.403) or in the group of patients with admission plasma lactate level ≥ 8 mmol/L (OR = 2.604,
<table><caption>**Table 3** Patient characteristics</caption><thead><tr><th>Characteristics</th><th>All patients, N = 739</th><th>Survivors, N = 496</th><th>Non-survivors, N = 243</th><th>p</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>At admission</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Age in years</td><td>50 (36-63)</td><td>46 (33-59)</td><td>56 (43-72)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Sex female, n (%)</td><td>271 (36.7)</td><td>180 (36.3)</td><td>91 (37.4)</td><td>0.8214</td></tr><tr><td>- BMI in kg/m<sup>2</sup></td><td>25 (22-28)</td><td>24 (22-28)</td><td>25 (22-29)</td><td>0.0822</td></tr><tr><td>- Prehospital cardiac arrest (%)</td><td>46 (6.2)</td><td>11 (2.2)</td><td>35 (14.4)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Prehospital GSC /15</td><td>15 (9-15)</td><td>15 (13-15)</td><td>14 (3-15)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Comorbidities</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- CKD, n (%)</td><td>6 (0.8)</td><td>2 (0.4)</td><td>4 (1.6)</td><td>0.0948</td></tr><tr><td>- Hypertension, n (%)</td><td>141 (19.1)</td><td>81 (16.3)</td><td>60 (24.7)</td><td>0.0088</td></tr><tr><td>- Diabetes mellitus, n (%)</td><td>54 (7.3)</td><td>28 (5.6)</td><td>26 (10.7)</td><td>0.0198</td></tr><tr><td>- CAOD, n (%)</td><td>22 (3)</td><td>7 (1.4)</td><td>15 (6.2)</td><td>0.0008</td></tr><tr><td>- CHF, n (%)</td><td>33 (4.5)</td><td>20 (4)</td><td>13 (5.3)</td><td>0.4858</td></tr><tr><td>Burn characteristic</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Burn, n (%)</td><td>577 (78.1)</td><td>357 (72)</td><td>220 (90.5)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- TBSA %</td><td>20 (3-47)</td><td>12 (0-30)</td><td>50 (20-73)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- 3rd degree TBSA %</td><td>9 (0-30)</td><td>2 (0-15)</td><td>33 (10-58)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>SOFA at admission</td><td>4 (1-7)</td><td>2 (1-5)</td><td>7 (3-10)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>MAP in mmHg</td><td>86 (72-101)</td><td>89 (76-102)</td><td>80 (62-97)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Vasopressor, n (%)</td><td>226 (30.6)</td><td>90 (18.1)</td><td>136 (56)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Hydroxocobalamin, n (%)</td><td>386 (52.2)</td><td>239 (48.2)</td><td>147 (60.5)</td><td>0.0021</td></tr><tr><td>HbCO %</td><td>4 (2-10)</td><td>4 (2-11)</td><td>3 (2-7)</td><td>0.0323</td></tr><tr><td>Biological data</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Plasmatic lactate in mmol/L</td><td>3.0 (1.8-5.2)</td><td>2.5 (1.4-3.8)</td><td>4.8 (3-7.6)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Serum creatinine in µmol/L</td><td>76 (59-101)</td><td>71 (56-88)</td><td>100 (72-123)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Maximal serum creatinine in µmol/L</td><td>100 (73-162)</td><td>84 (68-113)</td><td>137 (102-212)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Inhalation fibroscopic status (%)</td><td>305 (41.3)</td><td>175 (35.3)</td><td>130 (53.5)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 0, n</td><td>1 (0.1)</td><td>1 (0.2)</td><td>0 (0)</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 1, n</td><td>121 (16.4)</td><td>90 (18.2)</td><td>31 (12.8)</td><td>0.0795</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 2, n</td><td>110 (14.9)</td><td>67 (13.5)</td><td>43 (17.7)</td><td>0.1638</td></tr><tr><td>- Grade 3, n</td><td>73 (9.9)</td><td>17 (3.4)</td><td>56 (23.1)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- During ICU hospitalization</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- AKI in the first week, n (%)</td><td>288 (39)</td><td>126 (25.4)</td><td>162 (66.7)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Stage of AKI day 7</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>- Stage 1, n (%)</td><td>102 (13.8)</td><td>63 (12.7)</td><td>39 (16)</td><td>0.2601</td></tr><tr><td>- Stage 2, n (%)</td><td>39 (5.3)</td><td>16 (3.2)</td><td>23 (9.5)</td><td>0.0007</td></tr><tr><td>- Stage 3, n (%)</td><td>147 (19.9)</td><td>47 (9.5)</td><td>100 (41.2)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Severe AKI</td><td>186 (25.2)</td><td>63 (12.7)</td><td>123 (50.6)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- RRT at day 7, n (%)</td><td>136 (18.8)</td><td>44 (8.9)</td><td>92 (37.9)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- RRT in ICU, n (%)</td><td>183 (24.8)</td><td>58 (11.7)</td><td>125 (51.4)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- MAKE, n (%)</td><td>313 (42.4)</td><td>69 (13.9)</td><td>243 (100)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Shock in ICU, n (%)</td><td>402 (54.4)</td><td>191 (38.5)</td><td>211 (86.8)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- Length of stay in ICU</td><td>15 (3-44)</td><td>25 (4-50)</td><td>6 (1-24)</td><td>0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>- SAPS2</td><td>42 (27-60)</td><td>32 (22-46)</td><td>61 (46-75)</td><td>&lt; 0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Nephrotoxic in ICU</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><caption>**Table 3** Patient characteristics (Continued)</caption><thead><tr><th>Characteristics</th><th>All patients, N = 739</th><th>Survivors, N = 496</th><th>Non-survivors, N = 243</th><th>p</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>- Aminoglycoside</td><td>188 (25.4)</td><td>115 (23.2)</td><td>73 (42.9)</td><td>0.0548</td></tr><tr><td>- Vancomycin</td><td>41 (5.5)</td><td>22 (4.4)</td><td>19 (7.8)</td><td>0.4011</td></tr><tr><td>- Contrast product</td><td>74 (10)</td><td>41 (8.3)</td><td>33 (13.6)</td><td>0.0331</td></tr></tbody></table>

All data are expressed as median ± 25–75 interquartile or percentage (%)

BMI body mass index, GCS Glasgow coma scale, CKD chronic kidney disease, CAOD chronic arterial occlusive disease, CHF chronic heart failure, TBSA total body surface area, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, MAP mean arterial pressure, HbCO carboxy hemoglobin, ICU intensive care unit, AKI acute kidney injury, RRT renal replacement therapy, MAKE major associated kidney events, SAPS2 simplified acute physiology score 2

LCI = 0.361, UCI = 18.79, *p* = 0.336). In multivariate analysis, hydroxocobalamin was neither associated with survival (OR = 0.85, LCI = 0.5, UCI = 1.447, *p* = 0.549) among 405 (54.8%) patients with severe burns (Additional file 6: Table S6).

Discussion

In this retrospective, multicenter study, we observed a higher risk of AKI and severe AKI associated with administration of hydroxocobalamin after adjustment for potential confounding factors. Hydroxocobalamin was not associated with improved survival.

Cyanide poisoning has been suspected to account for deaths after smoke inhalation [12]. Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit®, Merck Santé SAS) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of cyanide poisoning. Hydroxocobalamin chelates cyanide to form cyanocobalamin, which is excreted by the kidneys. Experts have advocated the use of cyanide antidotes after smoke inhalation with suspected cyanide intoxication. While preclinical data have suggested improved hemodynamics with hydroxocobalamin in animal models of cyanide intoxication, clinical data are very limited. In two retrospective studies, Borron et al. and Fortin et al. described the outcome of patients receiving hydroxocobalamin after smoke inhalation injury. However, the absence of control groups precluded drawing any conclusion with respect to the impact of hydroxocobalamin on outcome [13, 14]. Nguyen et al. reported that the use of hydroxocobalamin was associated with fewer episodes of pneumonia while mortality was unaffected [15]. However, the association between the prevention of pneumonia lies on very low level of evidence. Other factors, especially with respect to pneumonia preventive strategies, may have accounted for the observation of lower incidence of pneumonia in this before-and-after retrospective study.

In the current study, we observed an association between hydroxocobalamin and the risk of AKI and severe AKI. These results further suggest the potential nephrotoxicity of the drug. We previously showed that hydroxocobalamin induces oxaluria with a risk of oxalate

nephropathy in burn patients [4]. Kidney biopsies confirmed renal calcium oxalate crystal deposits. Oxaluria was also reported in healthy volunteers and animals receiving hydroxocobalamin [16]. Nitric oxide chelation could represent an additional mechanism of renal toxicity of hydroxocobalamin. In the absence of cyanide, hydroxocobalamin binds to nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a key factor of the renal microcirculatory regulation, and inhibition of the nitric oxide pathway was shown to impair renal perfusion and oxygenation and cause kidney damage [17–19].

Cyanide is a rapidly lethal mitochondrial poison. The plasma cyanide level is difficult to measure and not readily available, and none of the patients included in this study had a plasma cyanide dosage. Increased serum lactate level > 8 mmol/L was reported to be a fair surrogate biomarker of cyanide poisoning as a biomarker of mitochondrial dysfunction [10]. In our study, hydroxocobalamin had no impact in the subgroup of patients with high plasma lactate level. The lack of evidence of any association between hydroxocobalamin and survival in our study and the risk of AKI question the risk-benefit ratio in these patients. Of note, hydroxocobalamin costs about €1000/ $1200 per vial.

We acknowledge the limitations of our study. First, the retrospective nature introduced some bias. Performing a randomized control trial in this setting would be highly difficult due to the low incidence of smoke inhalation and the existing cognitive biases toward the potential protective effects of hydroxocobalamin. Second, the relative low number of patients with very high plasma lactate level precludes drawing firm conclusion in patients with a high probability of cyanide poisoning and in most severe patients. Third, we could not confirm cyanide levels in any patient, which makes it hard to determine if hydroxocobalamin could benefit patients with confirmed cyanide poisoning. Finally, rhabdomyolysis may be a confounding factor with the elevated serum creatinine. However, we did not find any correlation between admission serum creatinine, maximal serum creatinine at day 7 or during hospitalization in ICU, and the pic of creatinine phosphokinase.
<figure><img src="image_6.png" /><figcaption>**Fig. 2** Unadjusted Kaplan–Meier curve of survival incidence during the 90 days following admission between patients who received hydroxocobalamin and those who did not</figcaption></figure>
<table><caption>**Table 4** Multivariate analyses of factors associated with ICU mortality</caption><thead><tr><th colspan="5">ICU mortality</th></tr><tr><th>Variable</th><th>Adjusted<br>odds ratio</th><th>LCI</th><th>UCI</th><th>p</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Hydroxocobalamin</td><td>1.114</td><td>0.691</td><td>1.797</td><td>0.657</td></tr><tr><td>Age</td><td>1.037</td><td>1.023</td><td>1.05</td><td>&lt; 0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Prehospital cardiac arrest</td><td>1.091</td><td>0.07</td><td>17.126</td><td>0.95</td></tr><tr><td>Severe burn</td><td>4.792</td><td>2.665</td><td>8.617</td><td>&lt; 0.001</td></tr><tr><td>SOFA score at admission</td><td>1.074</td><td>0.942</td><td>1.225</td><td>0.283</td></tr><tr><td>Admission plasma lactate</td><td>1.256</td><td>1.154</td><td>1.366</td><td>&lt; 0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Vasopressors at admission</td><td>1.571</td><td>0.737</td><td>3.346</td><td>0.241</td></tr><tr><td>Prehospital GCS</td><td>1.033</td><td>0.961</td><td>1.11</td><td>0.383</td></tr><tr><td>SAPS2</td><td>1.039</td><td>1.02</td><td>1.059</td><td>&lt; 0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Center</td><td>1.084</td><td>1.033</td><td>1.137</td><td>0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Interaction between<br>prehospital cardiac<br>arrest and hydroxocobalamin</td><td>6.327</td><td>0.354</td><td>112.993</td><td>0.209</td></tr></tbody></table>

ICU intensive care unit, LCI lower confidence interval, UCI upper confidence interval, *p* *p* value, SOFA score sequential organ failure assessment score, GCS Glasgow coma scale, SAPS2 simplified acute physiology score 2

## Conclusion

In this multicenter observational study of ICU patients with smoke inhalation, administration of hydroxocobalamin was independently associated with AKI and showed no association with survival. The role of hydroxocobalamin following smoke inhalation needs further consideration and critical appraisal.

## Supplementary information

Supplementary information accompanies this paper at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2706-0.

* Additional file 1: Table S1. Coding system for smoke inhalation.

* Additional file 2: Table S2. Number of patients from each centers.

* Additional file 3: Table S3. Multivariate analysis of factors associated with RRT.

* Additional file 4: Table S4. Multivariate analysis of factors associated with major adverse kidney events.

* Additional file 5: Table S5. Comparison between admission lactate quartile.

* Additional file 6: Table S6. Comparison between severely burn and non-severely burn patients.

## Abbreviations

AKI: Acute kidney injury; Cis: Confidence intervals; ICU: Intensive care unit; KDIGO: Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome; MAKE: Major associated kidney events; RRT: Renal replacement therapy; SCreat: Serum creatinine; TBSA: Total body surface area

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## Authors' contributions

FD designed the study, collected the data, interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript. CH collected the data and drafted the manuscript. LD

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## Funding

The study was supported by a grant from the "Fondation des gueules cassées" to Matthieu Legrand.

## Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

## Ethics approval and consent to participate

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## Author details

¹Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Burn Unit, AP-HP, GH Saint Louis-Lariboisière, Paris, France. ²UMR INSERM 942, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Paris, France. ³F-CRIN, INICRCT network, Paris, France. ⁴Paris Diderot University, F-75475 Paris, France. ⁵Burn Center, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, BP 406, 101, avenue Henri-Barbusse, 92141 Clamart CEDEX, France. ⁶Intensive Care Unit and Hyperbaric Center, Lille University Hospital, F-59037 Lille CEDEX, France. ⁷General ICU, Service de Réanimation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Laboratory of Infection and Inflammation, U1173, AP-HP, University of Versailles SQY and INSERM, 104 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France. ⁸Centre de traitement des grands brûlés HOPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION APHM, 147 boulevard Baille, 13005 Marseille, France. ⁹Intensive Care Unit, Anaesthesia and Critical Care Department, Hôtel Dieu—HME, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France. ¹⁰Centre de traitement des grands brûlés HOPITAL DE MERCY, 1 Allée du Château, 57245 Ars-Laquenexy—C.H.R Metz, Thionville, France.

¹¹Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hospices Civils de Lyon—Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France. ¹²Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, CHU Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33000 Bordeaux, France. ¹³Intensive Care Medicine Department, University of Montpellier Lapeyronie Hospital, 371, Av Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France. ¹⁴Intensive Care Medicine Department, CHU de Rennes, 2 rue Henri Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes CEDEX 9, France. ¹⁵Service de réanimation médico-chirurgicale, Groupe Hospitalier du Havre—Hôpital Jacques Monod, Montivilliers, France. ¹⁶Medical Intensive Care Unit, La Source Hospital, CHR Orléans, Orléans, France. ¹⁷Department of Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France. ¹⁸Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France. ¹⁹Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, INSERM U1096, Rouen, France.

²⁰Medical Intensive Care Unit, Caen University Hospital, Avenue côte de
Nacre, 14033 Caen CEDEX, France. ²¹Service de Réanimation Médicale, Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France. ²²Service de Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Public du Cotentin, BP 208, 50102 Cherbourg-Octeville, France. ²³Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. ²⁴Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France. ²⁵Département des urgences, service des urgences, SAMU, CHU de Limoges, 87042 Limoges CEDEX, France. ²⁶Inserm CIC 1435, 87042 Limoges, France. ²⁷Intensive Care Unit, Saint Louis Hospital, La Rochelle, France. ²⁸Service de réanimation médicale et toxicologie, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. ²⁹Service d'hépato gastro entérologie Hôpital Cochin, hépato Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. ³⁰Department of Anesthesia and perioperative care, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA. ³¹Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative care Parnassus hospital, UCSF, San Francisco, USA.

Received: 6 September 2019 Accepted: 16 December 2019

Published online: 23 December 2019

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