Normal high-sensitivity cardiac troponin for ruling-out inpatient mortality in acute COVID-19.
PLoS One
; 18(4): e0284523, 2023.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2298938
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Assessment of inpatient mortality risk in COVID-19 patients is important for guiding clinical decision-making. High sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) is a biomarker of cardiac injury associated with a worse prognosis in COVID-19. We explored how hs-cTnT could potentially be used in clinical practice for ruling in and ruling out mortality in COVID-19.METHOD:
We tested the diagnostic value of hs-cTnT in laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients (≥18 years old) admitted to the Royal Berkshire Hospital (UK) between 1st March and 10th May 2020. A normal hs-cTnT was defined as a value within the 99th percentile of healthy individuals (≤14 ng/L), and an elevated hs-cTnT was defined as >14 ng/L. Adverse clinical outcome was defined as inpatient mortality related to COVID-19.RESULTS:
A total of 191 COVID-19 patients (62% male; age 66±16 years) had hs-cTnT measured on admission. Of these patients, 124 (65%) had elevated hs-cTnT and 67 (35%) had normal hs-cTnT. On a group level, patients with elevated hs-cTnT had worse inpatient survival (p = 0.0014; Kaplan-Meier analysis) and higher risk of inpatient mortality (HR 5.84 [95% CI 1.29-26.4]; p = 0.02; Cox multivariate regression) compared to patients with normal hs-cTnT. On a per-patient level, a normal hs-cTnT had a negative predictive value of 94% (95% CI 85-98%) for ruling out mortality, whilst an elevated hs-cTnT had a low positive predictive value of 38% (95% CI 39-47%) for ruling in mortality.CONCLUSIONS:
In this study cohort of COVID-19 patients, the potential clinical utility of hs-cTnT appears to rest in ruling out inpatient mortality. This finding, if prospectively validated in a larger study, may allow hs-cTnT to become an important biomarker to facilitate admission-avoidance and early safe discharge.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Troponin
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
PLoS One
Journal subject:
Science
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Medicine
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Journal.pone.0284523
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