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ArticleJournal of anaesthesiology, clinical pharmacology2022

Use of rotational thromboelastometry to predict the outcome of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective observational study.

Manoj Kamal, R Hariprasad, Pradeep K Bhatia, Sanjeev Misra, Praveen Sharma, Mahendra K Garg, Nikhil Kothari, Manoj Gupta, Geeta Singariya

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Manoj KamalDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
R HariprasadDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Pradeep K BhatiaDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Sanjeev MisraDepartment of Surgical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Praveen SharmaDepartment of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Mahendra K GargDepartment of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Nikhil KothariDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Manoj GuptaDepartment of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Geeta SingariyaDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

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Abstract

Background and Aims: The hypercoagulability occurring in COVID-19 patients is detected only by Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM). However, the benefit of performing ROTEM in the management of disease and predicting the outcome of COVID-19 patients is yet to be established. Material and Methods: The data of 23 critically ill and 11 stable COVID-19 adult patients were extracted from the hospital information system admitted between July and August 2020 and patient charts and analyzed retrospectively. The critically ill patients were divided as a survivor and non-survivor groups. The Intrinsic pathway part of ROTEM (INTEM) and Fibrinogen part of ROTEM (FIBTEM) were performed on day 0 for both critically ill and stable patients, and on day 10 for critically ill patients. The statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 26 was used for statistical analysis. Results: The median FIBTEM amplitude at 5 min (A5) and maximum clot firmness (MCF) were elevated in both stable and critically ill patients (24 vs 27 mm, P = 0.46 and 27.5 vs 40 mm, P = 0.011) with a significant difference in FIBTEM MCF. But there was no significant difference between number of survivors and non-survivors with FIBTEM MCF >25 at day 0 and day 10. Conclusion: The Hypercoagulability state as detected by ROTEM parameters at day 0 and day 10 had no association with the outcome (mortality) of critically ill COVID-19 patients. Hence it cannot be used as a prognostic test. The increasing age, comorbidities and D-dimer values were associated with a poor prognosis in COVID-19 patients.

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Coagulation parametersD-dimerintensive caremortalitynovel coronavirus pneumoniarotational thromboelastometrythrombotic complications

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PMID36060159
PMCPMC9438828

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