Prediction of Respiratory Failure and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients Using Long Pentraxin PTX3
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The course of COVID-19 is unpredictable, ranging from asymptomatic to respiratory failure and death. Prognostic biomarkers are urgently needed. We hypothesized that long pentraxin PTX3 could be a valuable plasma biomarker due to its essential role in inflammatory processes. In a prospective hospitalized COVID-19 derivation cohort (n = 126) during the spring of 2020, we measured PTX3 within 4 days of admission. The predictive value of mechanical ventilation (MV) and 30-day mortality compared with clinical parameters and other markers of inflammation were assessed by logistic regression analysis and expressed as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Analyses were repeated in a prospective validation cohort (n = 112) of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 treated with remdesivir and dexamethasone. Thirty-day mortality in the derivation cohort was 26.2%. In patients who died, the median PTX3 concentration upon admission was 19.5 ng/mL (IQR: 12.5-33.3) versus 6.6 ng/mL (IQR 2.9-12.3) (p < 0.0001) for survivors. After adjustment for covariates, the odds of 30-day mortality increased two-fold for each doubling of PTX3 (OR 2.03 [95% CI: 1.23-3.34], p = 0.006), which was also observed in the validation cohort (OR 1.70 [95% CI: 1.09-2.67], p = 0.02). Similarly, PTX3 levels were associated with MV. After adjustment for covariates, OR of MV was 2.34 (95% CI: 1.33-4.12, p = 0.003) in the derivation cohort and 1.64 (95% CI: 1.03-2.62, p = 0.04) in the validation cohort. PTX3 appears to be a useful clinical biomarker to predict 30-day respiratory failure and mortality risk in COVID-19 patients treated with and without remdesivir and dexamethasone.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Innate Immunity |
Volume | 14 |
Pages (from-to) | 493-501 |
ISSN | 1662-811X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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© 2022 The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
- COVID-19, Critical illness, Inflammation, Long pentraxin-3, PTX3
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