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

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 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

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

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Themen:

COVID-19
Coagulation parameters
D-dimer
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
Journal Article
Sepsis‐induced coagulopathy

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Date Revised 06.02.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s40164-021-00202-9

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NLM320841049