Evaluation Of The Effect Of Clinical Characteristics And Intensive Care Treatment Methods On The Mortality Of Covid-19 Patients Aged 80 Years And Older
Sibel Oba, İlay Çetiner, Aysel Salkaya, İlay Çetiner
Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Giriş:
Older adults have an increased risk of mortality from Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Despite the high number of publications on the topic of Covid-19 pandemic, few studies have focused on the hospital treatment course of Covid-19 patients aged 80 years and older. Moreover, there is a limited number of studies about the intensive care treatments of those patients at the upper extreme of age.
The goal of our study is to investigate the effect of the intensive care treatments on the mortality of Covid-19 patients aged 80 years and older based on their clinical features, laboratory findings and the intensive care treatments methods.
Gereç ve Yöntem: The data of 174 patients aged 80 years and older treated from Covid-19 in intensive care unit were assessed retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups as survivor and non-survivor. The effects of age, gender, length of stay, comorbid diseases, laboratory values, thoracic computed tomography findings, having invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and/or non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV), hemodiafiltration (HDF),anti-cytokines and plasma therapy on mortality have been investigated.
Bulgular: The mean age and mean values of CRP, PCT, Ferritin, LDH were statistically significantly high in the non-survivor group. The mortality rate of the patients who had IMV was also statistically significantly higher compared to patients who had NHFC and/or NIMV. Albumin level and the rate of treatment with NHFC and/or NIMV were statistically significantly low in non-survivor group compared to the Survivor group.
Tartışma ve Sonuç: ICU treatments may be beneficial for the Covid-19 patients aged 80 years and older. Increased age, high levels of CRP, PCT, ferritin, and having IMV are detected as poor outcome markers.
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