Determinants of the protective effect of glucocorticoids on mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 : Insights from the Cardio-COVID-Italy multicenter study

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BACKGROUND: Glucocorticoid therapy has emerged as an effective therapeutic option in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed to focus on the impact of relevant clinical and laboratory factors on the protective effect of glucocorticoids on mortality.

METHODS: A sub-analysis was performed of the multicenter Cardio-COVID-Italy registry, enrolling consecutive patients with COVID-19 admitted to 13 Italian cardiology units between 01 March 2020 and 09 April 2020. The primary endpoint was in-hospital mortality.

RESULTS: A total of 706 COVID-19 patients were included (349 treated with glucocorticoids, 357 not treated with glucocorticoids). After adjustment for relevant covariates, use of glucocorticoids was associated with a lower risk of in-hospital mortality (adjusted HR 0.44; 95% CI 0.26-0.72; p = 0.001). A significant interaction was observed between the protective effect of glucocorticoids on mortality and PaO2/FiO2 ratio on admission (p = 0.042), oxygen saturation on admission (p = 0.017), and peak CRP (0.023). Such protective effects of glucocorticoids were mainly observed in patients with lower PaO2/FiO2 ratio (<300), lower oxygen saturation (<90%), and higher CRP (>100 mg/L).

CONCLUSIONS: The protective effects of glucocorticoids on mortality in COVID-19 were more evident among patients with worse respiratory parameters and higher systemic inflammation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 108(2021) vom: 06. Juli, Seite 270-273

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pagnesi, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Inciardi, Riccardo M [VerfasserIn]
Lombardi, Carlo M [VerfasserIn]
Agostoni, Piergiuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Ameri, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Barbieri, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Bellasi, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Camporotondo, Rita [VerfasserIn]
Canale, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Carubelli, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Carugo, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Catagnano, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Dalla Vecchia, Laura A [VerfasserIn]
Danzi, Gian Battista [VerfasserIn]
Di Pasquale, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Gaudenzi, Margherita [VerfasserIn]
Giovinazzo, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Gnecchi, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]
Guazzi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Iorio, Annamaria [VerfasserIn]
La Rovere, Maria Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Leonardi, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Maccagni, Gloria [VerfasserIn]
Mapelli, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Margonato, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Merlo, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Monzo, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Mortara, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Nuzzi, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Piepoli, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Porto, Italo [VerfasserIn]
Pozzi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Sarullo, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Sinagra, Gianfranco [VerfasserIn]
Tedino, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Tomasoni, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Volterrani, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Zaccone, Gregorio [VerfasserIn]
Senni, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Metra, Marco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Corticosteroid
Glucocorticoid
Glucocorticoids
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
SARS-CoV-2
Steroid

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Date Completed 19.08.2021

Date Revised 19.08.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2021.05.056

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326010610