• Ann Transl Med · Apr 2021

    High risk of pulmonary embolism in acute respiratory distress syndrome related to COVID-19: an observational controlled-cohort study.

    • Victor de Roubin, Faustine Reynaud, Rémi Coudroy, Maeva Rodriguez, Grégoire Monseau, Florent Joly, Justine Bardin, Florence Boissier, Delphine Chatellier, Anne Veinstein, René Robert, Jean-Pierre Frat, and Arnaud W Thille.
    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Poitiers, France.
    • Ann Transl Med. 2021 Apr 1; 9 (8): 630.

    BackgroundCOVID-19 may induce endovascular injury of pulmonary vessels and could be associated with increased risk of pulmonary embolism. The main objective was to compare the incidence of pulmonary embolism in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) related to COVID-19 versus patients with pulmonary ARDS unrelated to COVID-19.MethodsThis is an observational controlled-cohort study performed at a single center of a university teaching hospital in France. The incidence of pulmonary embolism was prospectively assessed using computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) in patients with ARDS related to COVID-19 and compared to patients from a 3-year historical cohort of patients with pulmonary ARDS unrelated to COVID-19. In patients with ARDS related to COVID-19, CTPA was performed approximately 7 days after intubation or earlier in case of respiratory or hemodynamic worsening.ResultsCTPA was performed in 29 out of the 42 patients (69%) with ARDS related to COVID-19 and in 51 out of the 156 patients (33%) from the historical cohort of patients with pulmonary ARDS unrelated to COVID-19. Incidence of pulmonary embolism was 40% (17/42) in patients with ARDS related to COVID-19 and 3% (5/156) in the historical cohort (P=0.001). The proportion of patients with pulmonary embolism among all patients who had CTPA was 59% (17/29) in patients with ARDS related to COVID-19 and 10% (5/51) in the historical cohort (P=0.0001). After adjustment on the interval between ICU admission and computed tomography, COVID-19 remained independently associated with pulmonary embolism.ConclusionsPulmonary embolism was particularly frequent in patients with ARDS related to COVID-19, thereby suggesting that CTPA should be systematically performed in these patients.2021 Annals of Translational Medicine. All rights reserved.

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