Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35566664›Full record

ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Prognostic Value of 12-Leads Electrocardiogram at Emergency Department in Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease-19.

Giulia Savelloni, Maria Chiara Gatto, Francesca Cancelli, Anna Barbetti, Francesco Cogliati Dezza, Cristiana Franchi, Martina Carnevalini, Gioacchino Galardo, Tommaso Bucci, Maria Alessandroni and 3 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Are Pre-Hospitalization ECG Abnormalities Associated With Increased Mortality in COVID-19 Patients? A Quantitative Systematic Literature Review.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Giulia SavelloniDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Maria Chiara GattoDepartment of Clinical, Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6830-6327
Francesca CancelliDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Anna BarbettiDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Francesco Cogliati DezzaDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Cristiana FranchiDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Martina CarnevaliniDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Gioacchino GalardoDepartment of General and Specialized Surgery "Paride Stefanini", Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5941-9947
Tommaso BucciDepartment of General and Specialized Surgery "Paride Stefanini", Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2895-6234
Maria AlessandroniMedical Emergency Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Francesco PuglieseAnesthesiology and Intensive Care Group, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Claudio Maria MastroianniDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1286-467X
Alessandra OlivaDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0832-7975
Sapienza University of Rome · ITPoliclinico Umberto I · ITIstituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Electrocardiogram (ECG) offers a valuable resource easily available in the emergency setting. Objective: Aim of the study was to describe ECG alterations on emergency department (ED) presentation or that developed during hospitalization in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients and their association with 28-day mortality. Methods: A retrospective, single-center study including hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 was conducted. ECG was recorded on ED admission to determine: heart rhythm, rate, and cycle; atrio-ventricular and intra-ventricular conduction; right ventricular strain; and ventricular repolarization. A specialized cardiologist blinded for the outcomes performed all 12-lead ECG analyses and their interpretation. Results: 190 patients were included, with a total of 24 deaths (12.6%). Age (p < 0.0001) and comorbidity burden were significantly higher in non-survivors (p < 0.0001). Atrial fibrillation (AF) was more frequent in non-survivors (p < 0.0001), alongside a longer QTc interval (p = 0.0002), a lower Tp-e/QTc ratio (p = 0.0003), and right ventricular strain (p = 0.013). Remdesivir administration was associated with bradycardia development (p = 0.0005) but no increase in mortality rates. In a Cox regression model, AF (aHR 3.02 (95% CI 1.03−8.81); p = 0.042), QTc interval above 451 ms (aHR 3.24 (95% CI 1.09−9.62); p = 0.033), and right ventricular strain (aHR 2.94 (95% CI 1.01−8.55); p = 0.047) were associated with higher 28-day mortality risk. Conclusions: QTc interval > 451 ms, right ventricular strain, and AF are associated with higher mortality risk in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients. ECG recording and its appropriate analysis offers a simple, quick, non-expensive, and validated approach in the emergency setting to guide COVID-19 patients’ stratification.

Indexed as

atrial fibrillationCOVID-19electrocardiogramelectrocardiographyemergency departmentheart rhythm disordersright ventricular strainSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35566664
PMCPMC9100038
OpenAlexW4225246712

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.