COVID-19 outcomes in patients with a history of immune-mediated glomerular diseases

Copyright © 2023 Gauckler, Kesenheimer, Geetha, Odler, Eller, Laboux, Alberici, Zappa, Chebotareva, Moiseev, Bonilla, Jhaveri, Oniszczuk, Audard, Costa, Mastroianni-Kirsztajn, Bruchfeld, Muto, Windpessl, Mayer and Kronbichler..

Introduction: Patients with immune-mediated glomerular diseases are considered at high risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes. However, conclusive evidence for this patient population is scarce.

Methods: We created a global registry and retrospectively collected clinical data of patients with COVID-19 and a previously diagnosed immune-mediated glomerular disease to characterize specific risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes.

Results: Fifty-nine patients with a history of immune-mediated glomerular diseases were diagnosed with COVID-19 between 01.03.2020 and 31.08.2021. Over a mean follow-up period of 24.79 ± 18.89 days, ten patients (16.9%) developed acute kidney injury. Overall, 44.1% of patients were managed in an outpatient setting and therefore considered as having "non-severe" COVID-19, while 55.9% of patients had severe COVID-19 requiring hospitalization including worse outcomes. Comparing both groups, patients with severe COVID-19 were significantly older (53.55 ± 17.91 versus 39.77 ± 14.95 years, p = .003), had lower serum albumin levels at presentation (3.00 ± 0.80 g/dL versus 3.99 ± 0.68 g/dL, p = .016) and had a higher risk of developing acute kidney injury (27% versus 4%, p = .018). Male sex (p <.001) and ongoing intake of corticosteroids at presentation (p = .047) were also significantly associated with severe COVID-19 outcomes, while the overall use of ongoing immunosuppressive agents and glomerular disease remission status showed no significant association with the severity of COVID-19 (p = .430 and p = .326, respectively).

Conclusion: Older age, male sex, ongoing intake of corticosteroids and lower serum albumin levels at presentation were identified as risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients with a history of various immune-mediated glomerular diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 14(2023) vom: 15., Seite 1228457

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gauckler, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Kesenheimer, Jana S [VerfasserIn]
Geetha, Duvuru [VerfasserIn]
Odler, Balazs [VerfasserIn]
Eller, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
Laboux, Timothee [VerfasserIn]
Alberici, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Zappa, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Chebotareva, Natasha [VerfasserIn]
Moiseev, Sergey [VerfasserIn]
Bonilla, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Jhaveri, Kenar D [VerfasserIn]
Oniszczuk, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Audard, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Costa, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Mastroianni-Kirsztajn, Gianna [VerfasserIn]
Bruchfeld, Annette [VerfasserIn]
Muto, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Windpessl, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Mayer, Gert [VerfasserIn]
Kronbichler, Andreas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoimmune disease
Coronavirus
Glomerulonephritis
Immunosuppression
Journal Article
Kidney disease
Risk factor

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Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2023.1228457

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362633614