Severity of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients with and without atopic disease

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BACKGROUND: Data from the 2009 influenza pandemic suggested asthma might protect from severe disease in hospitalized patients. Asthma does not appear to increase risk for hospitalization or mortality with COVID-19.

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to see if atopy actually protected those hospitalized with COVID-19.

METHODS: Retrospective chart review on all patients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 over 2 months at a major adult and pediatric tertiary referral center hospital. Charts were evaluated for history of atopic disease, as were the need for ICU admission, requirement for supplemental oxygen and/or intubation, and in hospital mortality.

RESULTS: No significant differences in outcomes for patients (n = 275) based on atopic disease were noted: ICU admission, 43% versus 44.7% (atopic versus no atopic disease, respectively; p = 0.84); supplemental oxygen use, 79.1% versus 73.6% (p = 0.36); intubation rate, 35.8% versus 36.5% (p = 0.92); and mortality rate, 13.4% versus 20.7% (p = 0.19). More patients with atopic disease had COPD listed as a diagnosis in their chart (38.8% versus 17.3%, p < 0.001). COPD was associated with an increased rate of ICU admission (aOR = 2.22 (1.15, 4.30) p = 0.02) and intubation (aOR = 2.05 (1.07, 3.92) p = 0.03). After adjusting for COPD, patients with atopic disease had a trend for reduced mortality (aOR 0.55 (0.23, 1.28), p = 0.16), but those with asthma did not (p > 0.2).

CONCLUSION: Severity of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients does not differ based on atopic status. However, adjusting for presence of COPD led to a suggestion of possible reduced severity in patients with atopy but not asthma.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

The World Allergy Organization journal - 14(2021), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 100508

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Timberlake, Dylan T [VerfasserIn]
Narayanan, Deepika [VerfasserIn]
Ogbogu, Princess U [VerfasserIn]
Raveendran, Rekha [VerfasserIn]
Porter, Kyle [VerfasserIn]
Scherzer, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Prince, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Grayson, Mitchell H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asthma
Atopy
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
COVID-19
COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019
CRP, C Reactive Peptide
Hospitalization
ICS, Inhaled corticosteroid
ICU, Intensive Care Unit
Il-6, Interleukin 6
Journal Article
LABA, Long acting beta agonist
NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
RAST, Radioallergosorbent test
RT-PCR, Real time polymerase chain reaction
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Severity

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 10.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.waojou.2021.100508

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320812871