Prevalence and clinical significance of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 admitted to intensive care units: a prospective observational study

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) increases the risk of coagulopathy. Although the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) has been proposed as a possible mechanism of COVID-19-induced coagulopathy, its clinical significance remains uncertain. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and clinical significance of aPLs among critically ill patients with COVID-19. This prospective observational study included 60 patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units (ICU). The study outcomes included prevalence of aPLs, and a primary composite outcome of all-cause mortality and arterial or venous thrombosis between antiphospholipid-positive and antiphospholipid-negative patients during their ICU stay. Multiple logistic regression was used to assess the influence of aPLs on the primary composite outcome of mortality and thrombosis. A total of 60 critically ill patients were enrolled. Among them, 57 (95%) were men, with a mean age of 52.8 ± 12.2 years, and the majority were from Asia (68%). Twenty-two patients (37%) were found be antiphospholipid-positive; 21 of them were positive for lupus anticoagulant, whereas one patient was positive for anti-β2-glycoprotein IgG/IgM. The composite outcome of mortality and thrombosis during their ICU stay did not differ between antiphospholipid-positive and antiphospholipid-negative patients (4 [18%] vs. 6 [16%], adjusted odds ratio 0.98, 95% confidence interval 0.1–6.7; p value = 0.986). The presence of aPLs does not seem to affect the outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in terms of all-cause mortality and thrombosis. Therefore, clinicians may not screen critically ill patients with COVID-19 for aPLs unless deemed clinically appropriate..

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2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

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Rheumatology international - 41(2021), 7 vom: 05. Mai, Seite 1243-1252

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Englisch

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Najim, Mostafa [VerfasserIn]
Rahhal, Alaa [VerfasserIn]
Khir, Fadi [VerfasserIn]
Aljundi, Amer Hussien [VerfasserIn]
Abu Yousef, Safae [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Feryal [VerfasserIn]
Amer, Aliaa [VerfasserIn]
Mohamed, Ahmed S. [VerfasserIn]
Saleh, Samira [VerfasserIn]
Alfaridi, Dekra [VerfasserIn]
Mahfouz, Ahmed [VerfasserIn]
Alyafei, Sumaya [VerfasserIn]
Howady, Faraj [VerfasserIn]
Khatib, Mohamad [VerfasserIn]
Alemadi, Samar A. [VerfasserIn]

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Antiphospholipid antibodies
Arterial thrombosis
COVID-19
Coagulopathy
Critically ill patients
Venous thrombosis

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© The Author(s) 2021

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10.1007/s00296-021-04875-7

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OLC2125785064