Increased inflammatory mediators levels are associated with clinical outcomes and prolonged illness in severe COVID-19 patients

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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify potential predictors of clinical outcome in severe COVID-19 patients and to investigate the relationship between immunological parameters and duration of illness.

METHODS: This single-center study retrospectively recruited 73 patients with severe or critical COVID-19. Immunological indicators include white blood cell count, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and circulating inflammatory mediators were observed for their association with disease severity, mortality and duration of illness of COVID-19.

RESULTS: Serum inflammatory mediators levels of C-reactive protein (P = 0.015), interleukin 6 (IL-6) (P < 0.001), CX3CL1 (P < 0.001), D-dimer (P < 0.001) and procalcitonin (PCT) (P < 0.001) were increased in critical illness patients compared to those severe COVID-19 patients. CX3CL1 has the highest C-index (0.75) to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19. Furthermore, this study shows for the first time that the duration of illness in severe COVID-19 patients is associated with serum levels of CX3CL1 (P = 0.037) and D-dimer (P = 0.014).

CONCLUSION: CX3CL1, D-dimer, PCT, and IL-6 could effectively predict mortality in severe COVID-19 patients. In addition, only the circulating levels of CX3CL1 and D-dimer were significantly associated with duration of illness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:123

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 123(2023) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 110762

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hao, Wendong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Meimei [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Cairong [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Siqian [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiushan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-41-4
Biomarkers
C-Reactive Protein
CX3CL1
Coronavirus disease 2019
D-dimer
Interleukin 6
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Procalcitonin
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

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Date Completed 22.09.2023

Date Revised 22.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110762

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360618715