Acute pulmonary hypertension and short-term outcomes in severe Covid-19 patients needing intensive care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Critically ill Covid-19 pneumonia patients are likely to develop the sequence of acute pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular (RV) strain, and eventually RV failure due to known pathophysiology (endothelial inflammation plus thrombo-embolism) that promotes increased pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary artery pressure. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of acute pulmonary hypertension (aPH) as per established trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) criteria in Covid-19 patients receiving intensive care and to explore whether short-term outcomes are affected by the presence of aPH.

Methods

Medical records were reviewed for patients treated in the intensive care units at a tertiary university hospital over a month. The presence of aPH on the TT

SUBMITTER: Norderfeldt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250592 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature