Peculiarities of blood coagulation disorders in patients with COVID-19

AIM: To study the relationship of hemostatic disorders with inflammation and estimate their role in the course and outcomes of COVID-19.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We examined 215 consecutive patients with moderate and severe forms of acute COVID-19. The patients were on anticoagulants and immunosuppressive drugs. Hemostasis was assessed using the thrombodynamics assay, thromboelastography, fibrinogen and D-dimer levels, prothrombin time, and soluble fibrin-monomer complexes (ethanol gelation test). The hemostatic parameters were correlated with hematological and biochemical tests, including markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein, interleukins 6 and 8), as well as with the disease severity and outcomes.

RESULTS: Laboratory signs of coagulopathy were revealed in the vast majority of the cases. Despite the use of low-molecular-weight heparins in the prophylactic and therapeutic doses, coagulopathy in COVID-19 manifested predominantly as hypercoagulability that correlated directly with the systemic inflammation and metabolic changes due to liver and kidney dysfunction. A direct relationship was found between the grade of coagulopathy and the severity of COVID-19, including comorbidities and the mortality. The chronometric hypocoagulability observed in about 1/4 cases was associated with a high level of C-reactive protein, which may decelerate coagulation in vitro and thereby mask the true inflammatory thrombophilia. Persistent hyperfibrinogenemia and high D-dimer in the absence of consumption coagulopathy suggest the predominance of local and/or regional microthrombosis over disseminated intravascular coagulation.

CONCLUSION: The results obtained substantiate the need for laboratory monitoring of hemostasis and active prophylaxis and treatment of thrombotic complications in COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

Enthalten in:

Terapevticheskii arkhiv - 93(2021), 11 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 1255-1263

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Evtugina, N G [VerfasserIn]
Sannikova, S S [VerfasserIn]
Peshkova, A D [VerfasserIn]
Safiullina, S I [VerfasserIn]
Andrianova, I A [VerfasserIn]
Tarasova, G R [VerfasserIn]
Khabirova, A I [VerfasserIn]
Rumyantsev, A G [VerfasserIn]
Ataullakhanov, F I [VerfasserIn]
Litvinov, R I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3K9958V90M
9001-32-5
9007-41-4
Anticoagulants
C-Reactive Protein
COVID-19
Coagulopathy
English Abstract
Ethanol
Fibrinogen
Hemostatics
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
Inflammation
Interleukins
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
Thrombodynamics

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.10.2022

Date Revised 28.10.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.26442/00403660.2021.11.201185

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348011512