COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: thromboembolism prophylaxis and poor prognosis in ICU

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with coagulation abnormalities which are indicators of higher mortality especially in severe cases. Methods We studied patients with proven COVID-19 disease in the intensive care unit of Jinyintan Hospital, Wuhan, China from 30 to 2019 to 31 March 2020. Results Of 180 patients, 89 (49.44 %) had died, 85 (47.22 %) had been discharged alive, and 6 (3.33 %) were still hospitalised by the end of data collection. A D-dimer concentration of < 0.5 mg/L on admission was significantly associated with 30 day mortality, and a D-dimer concentration of < 5 mg/L was found in a much higher proportion of non-survivors than survivors. Sepsis-induced coagulopathy (SIC) and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) scoring systems were dichotomised as < 4 or ≥ 4 and < 5 or ≥ 5, respectively, and the mortality rate was significantly different between the two stratifications in both scoring systems. Enoxaparin was administered to 68 (37.78 %) patients for thromboembolic prophylaxis, and stratification by the D-dimer concentration and DIC score confirmed lower mortality in patients who received enoxaparin when the D-dimer concentration was < 2 than < 2 mg/L or DIC score was ≥ 5 than < 5. A low platelet count and low serum calcium concentration were also related to mortality. Conclusions A D-dimer concentration of < 0.5 mg/L on admission is a risk factor for severe disease. A SIC score of < 4 and DIC score of < 5 may be used to predict mortality. Thromboembolic prophylaxis can reduce mortality only in patients with a D-dimer concentration of < 2 mg/L or DIC score of ≥ 5..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Experimental Hematology & Oncology - 10(2021), 1, Seite 11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Runhui Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Jing Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Bin Song [VerfasserIn]
Xia Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Ming Zhong [VerfasserIn]
Li Jiang [VerfasserIn]
Chun Pan [VerfasserIn]
Wei Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Jiaan Xia [VerfasserIn]
Nanshan Chen [VerfasserIn]
Wenjuan Wu [VerfasserIn]
Dingyu Zhang [VerfasserIn]
Yin Xi [VerfasserIn]
Zhimin Lin [VerfasserIn]
Ying Pan [VerfasserIn]
Xiaoqing Liu [VerfasserIn]
Shiyue Li [VerfasserIn]
Yuanda Xu [VerfasserIn]
Yimin Li [VerfasserIn]
Huo Tan [VerfasserIn]
Nanshan Zhong [VerfasserIn]
Xiaodan Luo [VerfasserIn]
Ling Sang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coagulation parameters
D-dimer
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Sepsis‐induced coagulopathy

doi:

10.1186/s40164-021-00202-9

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DOAJ053626974