Long-Term Radiological Pulmonary Changes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Respiratory Failure due to SARS-CoV-2 Infection

From the first reports of SARS-CoV-2, at the end of 2019 to the present, the global mortality associated with COVID-19 has reached 6,952,522 deaths as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO). Early intubation and mechanical ventilation can increase the survival rate of critically ill patients. This prospective study was carried out on 885 patients in the ICU of Mureș County Clinical Hospital, Romania. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 54 patients were included. Patients were monitored during hospitalization and at 6-month follow-up. We analyzed the relationship between invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) and radiological changes on thoracic CT scans performed at 6-month follow-up and found no significant association. Regarding paraclinical analysis, there was a statistically significant association between patients grouped by IMV and ferritin level on day 1 of admission (p = 0.034), and between patients grouped by PaO2/FiO2 ratio with metabolic syndrome (p = 0.03) and the level of procalcitonin (p = 0.01). A significant proportion of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU developed pulmonary fibrosis as observed at a 6-month evaluation. Patients with oxygen supplementation or mechanical ventilation require dynamic monitoring and radiological investigations, as there is a possibility of long-term pulmonary fibrosis that requires pharmacological interventions and finding new therapeutic alternatives.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Biomedicines - 11(2023), 10 vom: 26. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stoian, Mircea [VerfasserIn]
Roman, Adina [VerfasserIn]
Boeriu, Alina [VerfasserIn]
Onișor, Danusia [VerfasserIn]
Bandila, Sergio Rareș [VerfasserIn]
Babă, Dragoș Florin [VerfasserIn]
Cocuz, Iuliu [VerfasserIn]
Niculescu, Raluca [VerfasserIn]
Costan, Anamaria [VerfasserIn]
Laszlo, Sergiu Ștefan [VerfasserIn]
Corău, Dragoș [VerfasserIn]
Stoian, Adina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Intensive care unit (ICU)
Invasive ventilation
Journal Article
Pulmonary fibrosis
Respiratory failure
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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Date Revised 30.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biomedicines11102637

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363850287