Vasarmidi Eirini, Tsitoura Eliza, Spandidos Demetrios A, Tzanakis Nikolaos, Antoniou Katerina M
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University General Hospital of Heraklion, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pneumonology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Laboratory of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Exp Ther Med. 2020 Sep;20(3):2557-2560. doi: 10.3892/etm.2020.8980. Epub 2020 Jul 9.
The year 2020 is characterized by the COVID-19 pandemic that has resulted in more than half a million deaths in recent months. The high mortality is associated with acute severe respiratory failure that results in ICU admission and intubation. While facing this fatal disease, research and clinical observations need to be carried out in order to evaluate the long-term effects of the COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Potent clinical and laboratory biomarkers should be studied to be able to predict the subgroup of patients that are going to deteriorate or develop lung fibrosis. The opportunity of personalized medicine is a good way to consider for these patients.
2020年的特征是新冠疫情大流行,近几个月已导致超过50万人死亡。高死亡率与急性严重呼吸衰竭有关,后者会导致入住重症监护病房并进行插管。在面对这种致命疾病时,需要开展研究和临床观察,以评估新冠急性呼吸窘迫综合征(ARDS)的长期影响。应研究有效的临床和实验室生物标志物,以便能够预测将会病情恶化或发展为肺纤维化的患者亚组。对于这些患者而言,个性化医疗不失为一种值得考虑的好方法。