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Observational studyEuropean journal of clinical investigation2022

Discrepancy between biomarkers of lung injury and 1-year mortality in COVID-19.

Basak Atalay, Abdurrahman Cesur, Mehmet Agirbasli

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Observational study in European journal of clinical investigation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Basak AtalayDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3318-3555
Abdurrahman CesurSchool of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5212-410X
Mehmet AgirbasliDepartment of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4873-4391
Istanbul Medeniyet University · TR

Funding

Istanbul Medeniyet Universitesi 1358
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 global pandemic started in late 2019 with the first wave. In this cross-sectional and observational study, we evaluated the associations between the biomarkers, COVID-19 pneumonia severity and 1-year mortality.

methodsA sample of 276 polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-positive patients for SARS-CoV-2 was included. Computerized tomography severity score (CT-SS) was used to assess the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia in 222 cases. Multivariate analyses were performed to find the predictors of CT-SS, severe CT-SS (≥20) and 1-year mortality. Biomarkers of ferritin, high-sensitive C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), cardiac troponin (cTn), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), uric acid (UA) and d-dimer were routinely measured.

resultsSevere CT-SS (>20) was observed in 86 (31.2%) cases. Mortality was observed in 75 (27.2%) patients at 1 year. LDH displayed the highest predictive accuracy for severe CT-SS (AUC 0.741, sensitivity = 81% and specificity = 68%, cut-off value: 360 mg/dl). Linear regression analysis displayed that LDH predicted CT-SS [B = 11 (95% CI for B = 5-17, p < .001)]. Age was the most significant parameter that was associated with severe CT-SS (OR 0.96, 95% CI 0.92-0.99, p = .015). d-dimer was the only biomarker that predicted with 1-year mortality (OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.08-2.42, p = .020).

conclusionLDH is a sensitive and specific biomarker to determine patients with severe lung injury in COVID-19. d-dimer is the only biomarker that predicts 1-year mortality. Neither LDH nor CT-SS is associated with 1-year mortality.

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COVID-19Lung InjuryBiomarkersCross-Sectional StudiesFibrin Fibrinogen Degradation ProductsHumansL-Lactate DehydrogenaseRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexBiomarkersFibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Productsfibrin fragment DL-Lactate DehydrogenasebiomarkersCOVID-19CT severity scorefirst wavemortality

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PMID35753029
PMCPMC9350115
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