Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Pancreatology. 2020 Oct;20(7):1258-1261. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.08.008. Epub 2020 Aug 19.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents with myriad extra-pulmonary manifestation and a high mortality in patients with comorbidities. Its effect on patients with pre-existing acute pancreatitis is not known.
We hereby, present 3 cases with severe acute pancreatitis with persistent respiratory failure who acquired nosocomial COVID-19 during their hospital stay after recovery from respiratory failure. Their clinical course is highlighted which reflects on pathophysiology of organ dysfunction in these 2 disease states.
None of the 3 patients with severe acute pancreatitis who developed nosocomial COVID-19 redeveloped respiratory failure due to COVID-19 despite having recently recovered from pancreatitis induced acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Only one patient developed SARS-CoV2 induced moderate pneumonia.
These cases highlight that host responses and mechanisms of lung injury might be different in severe acute pancreatitis and COVID-19.
新型冠状病毒病 2019(COVID-19)在合并症患者中具有多种肺外表现和高死亡率。其对患有既往急性胰腺炎的患者的影响尚不清楚。
我们在此介绍 3 例重症急性胰腺炎患者,他们在呼吸衰竭康复后住院期间继发院内 COVID-19,持续发生呼吸衰竭。突出强调了他们的临床病程,反映了这两种疾病状态下器官功能障碍的病理生理学。
尽管这 3 例重症急性胰腺炎继发院内 COVID-19 的患者最近已从胰腺炎引起的急性低氧性呼吸衰竭中康复,但均未因 COVID-19 再次发生呼吸衰竭。仅有 1 例患者发生 SARS-CoV2 引起的中度肺炎。
这些病例表明,在重症急性胰腺炎和 COVID-19 中,宿主反应和肺损伤的机制可能不同。