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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost
. Jan-Dec 2021;27:1076029620987629.
doi: 10.1177/1076029620987629.
Systemic Coagulopathy in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Noppacharn Uaprasert[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Chatphatai Moonla[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Darintr Sosothikul[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ponlapat Rojnuckarin[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Thita Chiasakul[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coagulation activation has been reported in several cohorts of patients Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the true burden of systemic coagulopathy in COVID-19 remains unknown. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we performed a literature search using PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Database to identify studies that reported the prevalence of systemic coagulopathy using established criteria in patients with COVID-19. The primary outcome was the prevalence of systemic coagulopathy (disseminated intravascular coagulation [DIC] and/or sepsis-induced coagulopathy [SIC]). Pooled prevalences and 95% confidence intervals [CIs] were calculated using random-effects model. A total of 5 studies including 1210 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were included. The pooled prevalence of systemic coagulopathy was 7.1% (95%CI: 3.2%,15.3%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 93%). The pooled prevalence of DIC (N = 721) and SIC (N = 639) were 4.3% (95%CI 1.7%, 10.4%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 84%) and 16.2% (95%CI: 9.3%, 26.8%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 74%), respectively. Only 2 studies reported the prevalence of elevated D-dimer levels with the pooled prevalence of 84.6% (95%CI: 52.0%,96.5%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 94%). Average D-dimer and fibrinogen levels were remarkably increased, while platelet counts, PT, and aPTT ratios were minimally affected in COVID-19. The estimated prevalence of systemic coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19 was low despite D-dimer elevation in most patients. Relatively low systemic coagulopathy in COVID-19 may contribute to the high incidence of thrombosis rather than bleeding in patients with COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19; disseminated intravascular coagulation; meta-analysis; sepsis-induced coagulopathy; systemic coagulopathy.
. Jan-Dec 2021;27:1076029620987629.
doi: 10.1177/1076029620987629.
Systemic Coagulopathy in Hospitalized Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Noppacharn Uaprasert[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Chatphatai Moonla[SUP] 2 3 [/SUP], Darintr Sosothikul[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ponlapat Rojnuckarin[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Thita Chiasakul[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33443456
- DOI: 10.1177/1076029620987629
Abstract
Coagulation activation has been reported in several cohorts of patients Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the true burden of systemic coagulopathy in COVID-19 remains unknown. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we performed a literature search using PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Database to identify studies that reported the prevalence of systemic coagulopathy using established criteria in patients with COVID-19. The primary outcome was the prevalence of systemic coagulopathy (disseminated intravascular coagulation [DIC] and/or sepsis-induced coagulopathy [SIC]). Pooled prevalences and 95% confidence intervals [CIs] were calculated using random-effects model. A total of 5 studies including 1210 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were included. The pooled prevalence of systemic coagulopathy was 7.1% (95%CI: 3.2%,15.3%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 93%). The pooled prevalence of DIC (N = 721) and SIC (N = 639) were 4.3% (95%CI 1.7%, 10.4%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 84%) and 16.2% (95%CI: 9.3%, 26.8%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 74%), respectively. Only 2 studies reported the prevalence of elevated D-dimer levels with the pooled prevalence of 84.6% (95%CI: 52.0%,96.5%, I[SUP]2[/SUP] = 94%). Average D-dimer and fibrinogen levels were remarkably increased, while platelet counts, PT, and aPTT ratios were minimally affected in COVID-19. The estimated prevalence of systemic coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19 was low despite D-dimer elevation in most patients. Relatively low systemic coagulopathy in COVID-19 may contribute to the high incidence of thrombosis rather than bleeding in patients with COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19; disseminated intravascular coagulation; meta-analysis; sepsis-induced coagulopathy; systemic coagulopathy.