Outcome of hospitalization for COVID-19 in patients with interstitial lung disease: an international multicenter study.
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Abstract
RATIONALE: The impact of COVID-19 on patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) has not been established. OBJECTIVES: To assess outcomes in patients with ILD hospitalized for COVID-19 versus those without ILD in a contemporaneous age, sex and comorbidity matched population. METHODS: An international multicenter audit of patients with a prior diagnosis of ILD admitted to hospital with COVID-19 between 1 March and 1 May 2020 was undertaken and compared with patients, without ILD obtained from the ISARIC 4C cohort, admitted with COVID-19 over the same period. The primary outcome was survival. Secondary analysis distinguished IPF from non-IPF ILD and used lung function to determine the greatest risks of death. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Data from 349 patients with ILD across Europe were included, of whom 161 were admitted to hospital with laboratory or clinical evidence of COVID-19 and eligible for propensity-score matching. Overall mortality was 49% (79/161) in patients with ILD with COVID-19. After matching ILD patients with COVID-19 had higher mortality (HR 1.60, Confidence Intervals 1.17-2.18 p=0.003) compared with age, sex and co-morbidity matched controls without ILD. Patients with a Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) of <80% had an increased risk of death versus patients with FVC ≥80% (HR 1.72, 1.05-2.83). Furthermore, obese patients with ILD had an elevated risk of death (HR 2.27, 1.39-3.71). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with ILD are at increased risk of death from COVID-19, particularly those with poor lung function and obesity. Stringent precautions should be taken to avoid COVID-19 in patients with ILD. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Date Issued
2020-10-02
Date Acceptance
2020-10-02
Citation
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020, 202 (12), pp.1656-1665
ISSN
1073-449X
Publisher
American Thoracic Society
Start Page
1656
End Page
1665
Journal / Book Title
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Volume
202
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2020 by the American Thoracic Society. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). For commercial usage and reprints
please contact Diane Gern (dgern@thoracic.org).
Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). For commercial usage and reprints
please contact Diane Gern (dgern@thoracic.org).
Sponsor
Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis
National Institute for Health Research
UK Research and Innovation
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33007173
Grant Number
n/a
RP-2016-07-012
9815274 MC_PC_19025
Subjects
COVID-19, IPF, ILD, Obesity, Lung Function, hospitalisation
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-10-02