Respiratory failure & ventilation
Portal hypertension-like pattern in coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory distress syndrome
Authors' conclusion
In COVID-19 ARDS patients there are abdominal and lung vascular modifications that depict a portal hypertension-like pattern.
Study context
- Population
- COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or mild pneumonia; thoracoabdominal circulation evaluated by Doppler-ultrasound and CT
- Participants
- 31 / 60 / 10 / 10
- Exposure
- COVID-19 ARDS vs Mild pneumonia
- COVID-19 ARDSn = 31
- Mild pneumonian = 60reference
- Non-COVID ARDSn = 10
- PHn = 10
- Outcome
- Visceral and thoracic circulation
Methodological detailsmonocentric
- Monocentric
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Splanchnic circulatory parameters correlated with main respiratory indexes
- p < 0.001
- Splanchnic circulatory parameters correlated with pulmonary artery diameter
- p = 0.02
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Correlation with abdominal imaging measures
- P = 0.04
- Correlation with chest imaging measures
- P = 0.03
- More severe COVID-19 associated with worse liver dysfunction and enhanced inflammatory activation
Original publication
Portal hypertension-like pattern in coronavirus disease 2019 acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Crit Care. Published 11 March 2024. doi:10.
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