Lactate dehydrogenase/albumin ratio as a prognostic factor in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome cases associated with COVID-19.
Medicine (Baltimore)
; 101(38): e30759, 2022 Sep 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2042660
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have high mortality rates; therefore, new biomarkers are necessary to predict the prognosis in the early stages. Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level is a specific marker of lung damage, but it is not sensitive because it is affected by several factors. This study aimed to determine whether the LDH/albumin ratio could be used as a prognostic biomarker in patients with severe ARDS due to COVID 19.METHODS:
Tertiary intensive care unit (ICU) patients with severe ARDS and confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis between August 1, 2020, and October 31, 2021, were included. The demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients were recorded from the hospital databases, together with laboratory results on the day of admission to the ICU and the length of stay in the ICU and hospital. LDH/albumin, lactate/albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin, and BUN/albumin ratios were calculated. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine independent risk factors affecting mortality.RESULTS:
Nine hundred and five patients hospitalized in a tertiary ICU were evaluated. Three hundred fifty-one patients with severe ARDS were included in this study. The mortality rate of the included patients was 61.8% (of 217/351). LDH/albumin, lactate/albumin, and BUN/albumin ratios were higher in the nonsurvivor group (Pâ <â .001). The area under the curve (AUC) from the receiver operating characteristic analysis that predicted in-hospital mortality was 0.627 (95% confidence intervals (CI) 0.574-0.678, Pâ <â .001) for the LDH/albumin ratio, 0.605 (95% CI 0.551-0.656, Pâ <â .001) for lactate/albumin, and 0.638 (95% CI 0.585-0.688, Pâ <â .001) for BUN/albumin. However, LDH/albumin ratio was independently associated with mortality in multivariate logistic regression analysis.CONCLUSION:
LDH/albumin ratio can be used as an independent prognostic factor for mortality in patients with severe ARDS caused by COVID-19.
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
/
COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
/
Experimental Studies
/
Observational study
/
Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Medicine (Baltimore)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Md.0000000000030759
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS