1st Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther. 2021;53(2):153-161. doi: 10.5114/ait.2021.105783.
Patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to the COVID-19 experience a high incidence (up to 43%) of venous thromboembolic events. While laboratory findings in COVID-19-associated coagulopathy (CAC) show increased D-dimer and fibrinogen levels, the abnormalities in standard coagulation tests and platelet count are minimal. Recent studies suggest contribution of fibrinolysis shutdown to this phenomenon. Endothelial injury and alteration of its antithrombotic activity can lead to micro- and macrovascular thrombosis in the lungs, occurrence of which is associated with poor clinical outcome in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Additionally, the hypercoagulability induced by activation of coagulation pathways during the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection contributes to impaired organ perfusion. This, alongside with hypoxemia, leads to multiorgan failure. Various diagnostic regimens, some of which include global assays of haemostasis, are currently being published and discussed. Numerous guidelines and recommendations of scientific societies and groups of specialists have been published. However, there is no single optimal algorithm for anticoagulation treatment and monitoring specific to the ICU patients with COVID-19. The authors have attempted to summarize the data related to CAC and thrombotic disease and develop an algorithm consistent with the latest clinical practice guideline recommendations.
因 COVID-19 而住院于重症监护病房(ICU)的患者,其静脉血栓栓塞事件的发生率较高(高达 43%)。虽然 COVID-19 相关凝血病(CAC)的实验室检查结果显示 D-二聚体和纤维蛋白原水平升高,但标准凝血试验和血小板计数的异常则极小。最近的研究表明,纤溶抑制在这一现象中起作用。内皮损伤及其抗血栓活性的改变可导致肺部的微血管和大血管血栓形成,这在 COVID-19 重症患者中与不良的临床结局相关。此外,SARS-CoV-2 感染免疫反应期间凝血途径的激活所导致的高凝状态,会导致器官灌注受损。这与低氧血症一起,会导致多器官衰竭。目前正在发表和讨论各种诊断方案,其中一些方案包括止血的全球检测。许多科学协会和专家组的指南和建议已经发布。然而,针对 COVID-19 ICU 患者,尚无单一的抗凝治疗和监测的最佳算法。作者尝试总结了与 CAC 和血栓性疾病相关的数据,并制定了一个与最新临床实践指南建议一致的算法。