Fibrotic-Like Pulmonary Radiographic Patterns Are Not Associated With Adverse Outcomes in COVID-19 Chronic Critical Illness

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OBJECTIVES: Pulmonary fibrosis is a feared complication of COVID-19. To characterize the risks and outcomes associated with fibrotic-like radiographic abnormalities in patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and chronic critical illness.

DESIGN: Single-center prospective cohort study.

SETTING: We examined chest CT scans performed between ICU discharge and 30 days after hospital discharge using established methods to quantify nonfibrotic and fibrotic-like patterns.

PATIENTS: Adults hospitalized with COVID-19-related ARDS and chronic critical illness (> 21 d of mechanical ventilation, tracheostomy, and survival to ICU discharge) between March 2020 and May 2020.

INTERVENTIONS: None.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We tested associations of fibrotic-like patterns with clinical characteristics and biomarkers, and with time to mechanical ventilator liberation and 6-month survival, controlling for demographics, comorbidities, and COVID-19 therapies. A total of 141 of 616 adults (23%) with COVID-19-related ARDS developed chronic critical illness, and 64 of 141 (46%) had a chest CT a median (interquartile range) 66 days (42-82 d) after intubation. Fifty-five percent had fibrotic-like patterns characterized by reticulations and/or traction bronchiectasis. In adjusted analyses, interleukin-6 level on the day of intubation was associated with fibrotic-like patterns (odds ratio, 4.40 per quartile change; 95% CI, 1.90-10.1 per quartile change). Other inflammatory biomarkers, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, age, tidal volume, driving pressure, and ventilator days were not. Fibrotic-like patterns were not associated with longer time to mechanical ventilator liberation or worse 6-month survival.

CONCLUSIONS: Approximately half of adults with COVID-19-associated chronic critical illness have fibrotic-like patterns that are associated with higher interleukin-6 levels at intubation. Fibrotic-like patterns are not associated with longer time to liberation from mechanical ventilation or worse 6-month survival.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Critical care medicine - 51(2023), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite e209-e220

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Madahar, Purnema [VerfasserIn]
Capaccione, Kathleen M [VerfasserIn]
Salvatore, Mary M [VerfasserIn]
Short, Briana [VerfasserIn]
Wahab, Romina [VerfasserIn]
Abrams, Darryl [VerfasserIn]
Parekh, Madhavi [VerfasserIn]
Geleris, Joshua D [VerfasserIn]
Furfaro, David [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Michaela R [VerfasserIn]
Zucker, Jason [VerfasserIn]
Brodie, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Cummings, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]
O'Donnell, Max [VerfasserIn]
McGroder, Claire F [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Christine K [VerfasserIn]
Baldwin, Matthew R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 31.10.2023

Date Revised 01.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/CCM.0000000000005954

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357959140