A score combining early detection of cytokines accurately predicts COVID-19 severity and intensive care unit transfer

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OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore cytokine profile in patients as it relates to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity, and to establish a predictive cytokine score to discriminate severe from non-severe cases and provide a prognosis parameter for patients that will require intensive care unit (ICU) transfer.

METHODS: Serum samples of 63 patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection were collected early after hospital admission (day 0-3). Patients were categorized in five groups based on the clinical presentation, the PaO2/FiO2 ratio and the requirement of mechanical ventilation.

RESULTS: Three cytokines, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10, were markedly higher in severe forms (n = 44) than in non-severe forms (n = 19) (p < 0.005). A score combining levels of these three cytokines (IL-6*IL-8*IL-10) had the highest performance to predict severity: sensitivity of 86.4% (95% CI, 72.4-94.8) and specificity of 94.7% (95% CI, 74.0-99.9) for a cutoff value of 2068 pg/mL. Elevated levels of IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 were also found in critically ill patients. The combination of IL-6*IL-10 serum levels allowed the highest predictability for ICU transfer: AUC of 0.898 (p < 0.0001).

CONCLUSION: The combinatorial IL-6*IL-8*IL-10 score at presentation was highly predictive of the progression to a severe form of the disease, and could contribute to improve patient triage and to adapt therapeutic strategy within clinical trials more accurately and efficiently.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:101

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International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 101(2020) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 342-345

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nagant, Carole [VerfasserIn]
Ponthieux, Fanny [VerfasserIn]
Smet, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Dauby, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Doyen, Virginie [VerfasserIn]
Besse-Hammer, Tatiana [VerfasserIn]
De Bels, David [VerfasserIn]
Maillart, Evelyne [VerfasserIn]
Corazza, Francis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Cytokines
Disease severity
IL-6
Inflammatory cytokines
Intensive care unit
Interleukins
Journal Article
Prediction

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Date Completed 22.12.2020

Date Revised 18.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM316095079