COVID-19 in Patients with Pre-Existing Interstitial Lung Disease : Potential Value of a Steroid-Based Treatment Strategy

The prognosis of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pre-existing interstitial lung disease (preILD) is poor, and no effective treatment strategy has been determined. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a steroid-based treatment strategy for patients with COVID-19 and preILD. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 610 consecutive patients with COVID-19 treated at our institution between 1 March 2020 and 30 October 2021 and identified 7 patients with preILD, all of whom were treated with corticosteroids and remdesivir. All the patients were men with a median age of 63 years. Three of four patients with severe disease required invasive positive-pressure ventilation (n = 2) or nasal high-flow therapy (n = 1). All three patients could be weaned from respiratory support; however, one died in hospital. The remaining patient with severe COVID-19 had a do-not-resuscitate order in place and died while hospitalized. All three patients with moderate COVID-19 were discharged. The 30-day mortality was 0%, and the mortality rate during the entire observation period was 28.5%. The prognosis of our patients with COVID-19 and preILD has been better than in previous reports. Our management strategy using corticosteroids may have improved these patients' prognosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical medicine - 12(2023), 15 vom: 27. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arai, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Kurahara, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Moda, Mitsuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Takehiko [VerfasserIn]
Matsuda, Yoshinobu [VerfasserIn]
Kagawa, Tomoko [VerfasserIn]
Sugawara, Reiko [VerfasserIn]
Tsuyuguchi, Kazunari [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Yoshikazu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute exacerbation
COVID-19
Corticosteroids
Interstitial lung disease
Journal Article
Prognosis
Treatment strategy

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Date Revised 14.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.3390/jcm12154940

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360678483