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Impact of decreased levels of total CO2 on in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Decreased total CO₂ (tCO₂) is significantly associated with all-cause mortality in critically ill patients. Because of a lack of data to evaluate the impact of tCO₂ in patients with COVID-19, we assessed the impact of tCO₂ on all-cause mortality in this study. We retrospectively reviewed the data of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in two Korean referral hospitals between February 2020 and September 2021. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. We assessed the impact of tCO₂ as a continuous variable on mortality using the Cox-proportional hazard model. In addition, we evaluated the relative factors associated with tCO₂ ≤ 22 mmol/L using logistic regression analysis. In 4,423 patients included, the mean tCO₂ was 24.8 ± 3.0 mmol/L, and 17.9% of patients with tCO₂ ≤ 22 mmol/L. An increase in mmol/L of tCO₂ decreased the risk of all-cause mortality by 4.8% after adjustment for age, sex, comorbidities, and laboratory values. Based on 22 mmol/L of tCO₂, the risk of mortality was 1.7 times higher than that in patients with lower tCO₂. This result was maintained in the analysis using a cutoff value of tCO₂ 24 mmol/L. Higher white blood cell count; lower hemoglobin, serum calcium, and eGFR; and higher uric acid, and aspartate aminotransferase were significantly associated with a tCO₂ value ≤ 22 mmol/L. Decreased tCO₂ significantly increased the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with COVID-19. Monitoring of tCO₂ could be a good indicator to predict prognosis and it needs to be appropriately managed in patients with specific conditions.

SUBMITTER: Kim Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10550989 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of decreased levels of total CO2 on in-hospital mortality in patients with COVID-19.

Kim Yaerim Y Kwon Soie S Kim Seong Geun SG Lee Jeonghwan J Han Chung-Hee CH Yu Sungbong S Kim Byunggun B Paek Jin Hyuk JH Park Woo Yeong WY Jin Kyubok K Han Seungyeup S Kim Dong Ki DK Lim Chun Soo CS Kim Yon Su YS Lee Jung Pyo JP

Scientific reports 20231004 1

Decreased total CO2 (tCO2) is significantly associated with all-cause mortality in critically ill patients. Because of a lack of data to evaluate the impact of tCO2 in patients with COVID-19, we assessed the impact of tCO2 on all-cause mortality in this study. We retrospectively reviewed the data of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in two Korean referral hospitals between February 2020 and September 2021. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortalit ...[more]

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