1.
Sci Rep
; 12(1): 4040, 2022 03 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1908245
ABSTRACT
To provide novel data on surfactant levels in adult COVID-19 patients, we collected bronchoalveolar lavage fluid less than 72 h after intubation and used Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to measure levels of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC). A total of eleven COVID-19 patients with moderate-to-severe ARDS (CARDS) and 15 healthy controls were included. CARDS patients had lower DPPC levels than healthy controls. Moreover, a principal component analysis was able to separate patient groups into distinguishable subgroups. Our findings indicate markedly impaired pulmonary surfactant levels in COVID-19 patients, justifying further studies and clinical trials of exogenous surfactant.
Subject(s)
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/chemistry , COVID-19/pathology , Pulmonary Surfactants/analysis , 1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine/analysis , Adult , Aged , COVID-19/virology , Case-Control Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Principal Component Analysis , Pulmonary Surfactants/metabolism , SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification , Severity of Illness Index , Spectrophotometry, Infrared/methods
2.
Crit Care
; 24(1): 552, 2020 09 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-745678