Venous thromboembolic events in patients with COVID-19 : a systematic review and meta-analysis

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com..

BACKGROUND: High incidence of venous thromboembolic complications in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients was noted recently.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the factors associated with prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients.

METHODS: A literature search was conducted in several online databases. Fixed effects meta-analysis was performed for the factors associated with prevalence of VTE in COVID-19 patients.

RESULTS: A total of 39 studies were analysed in this analysis. The incidence of pulmonary embolism and VTE in severe COVID-19 patients were 17% (95% CI, 13-21%) and 42% (95% CI, 25-60%), respectively. VTE were more common among individuals with COVID-19 of advance age. Male COVID-19 patients are more likely to experience VTE. Higher levels of white blood cell (WBC; WMD = 1.34 × 109/L; 95% CI, 0.84-1.84 × 109/L), D-dimer (WMD = 4.21 μg/ml; 95% CI, 3.77-4.66 μg/ml), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT; WMD = 2.03 s; 95% CI, 0.83-3.24 s), fibrinogen (WMD = 0.49 μg/ml; 95% CI, 0.18-0.79 g/L) and C-reactive protein (CRP; WMD = 21.89 mg/L; 95% CI, 11.44-32.34 mg/L) were commonly noted in COVID-19 patients with VTE. Patients with lower level of lymphocyte (WMD = -0.15 × 109/L; 95% CI, -0.23--0.07 × 109/L) was at high risk of developing VTE. The incidence of severe condition (OR = 2.66; 95% CI, 1.95-3.62) was more likely to occur among COVID-19 patients who developed VTE.

CONCLUSION: VTE is a common complication in severe COVID-19 patients and thromboembolic events are also associated with adverse outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Age and ageing - 50(2021), 2 vom: 26. Feb., Seite 284-293

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Zhihong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Deyi [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Zanxian [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Xiaojuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Mao [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Meichun [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19
Clinical features
Incidence
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Older people
Risk factors
Systematic Review
Venous thromboembolism

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.03.2021

Date Revised 17.03.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ageing/afaa259

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31768521X