Elevated resting heart rates are a risk factor for mortality among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China.
J Transl Int Med
; 9(4): 285-293, 2021 Dec 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1677634
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
We evaluated the association between higher resting heart rates (RHRs) and adverse events in COVID-19 patients.METHODS:
One hundred and thirty-six patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were admitted. Outcomes of patients with different RHRs were compared.RESULTS:
Twenty-nine patients had RHRs of <80 bpm (beat per min), 85 had 80-99 bpm and 22 had ≥100 bpm as tachycardia. Those with higher RHRs had lower pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2) and higher temperatures, and there was a higher proportion of men upon admission (all P < 0.05). Patients with higher RHRs showed higher white blood cell counts and D-dimer, cardiac troponin I (TnI), N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and hypersensitive C-reactive protein levels, but lower albumin levels (all P < 0.05) after admission. During follow-up, 26 patients died (mortality rate, 19.1%). The mortality rate was significantly higher among patients with tachycardia than among the moderate and low RHR groups (all P < 0.001). Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed that the risks of death and ventilation use increased for patients with tachycardia (P < 0.001). Elevated RHR as a continuous variable and a mean RHR as tachycardia were independent risk factors for mortality and ventilator use (all P < 0.05) in the multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards regression model.CONCLUSIONS:
Elevated average RHRs during the first 3 days of hospitalisation were associated with adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Average RHRs as tachycardia can independently predict all-cause mortality.
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Language:
English
Journal:
J Transl Int Med
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jtim-2021-0042
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