Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Clin Exp Med. 2022 Aug;22(3):487-497. doi: 10.1007/s10238-021-00765-1. Epub 2021 Oct 22.
The optimal timing of glucocorticoid treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is uncertain. We evaluated the clinical outcomes of methylprednisolone therapy (MPT) for patients with a high-risk common type (HRCT) COVID-19 pneumonia. We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study in Northeast China. A comparison was performed between the standard treatment (SDT) group and the SDT + MPT group to determine the efficacy of methylprednisolone in treating HRCT COVID-19 pneumonia. We collected the medical records of 403 patients with HRCT COVID-19 pneumonia (127 in the SDT + MPT group and 276 in the SDT group). None of the patients had received mechanical ventilation or died. Furthermore, there were no side effects associated with MPT. Patients in the SDT + MPT group treated with methylprednisolone received an intravenous injection for a median interval of five days (interquartile range of 3 to 7 days). The trends in lymphocyte count, C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, lactic acid dehydrogenase, respiratory rate, SpO2, PaO2, D-dimer and body temperature were similar between the SDT + MPT and SDT groups. The results for the SDT + MPT group seemed to improve faster than those for the SDT group; however, the results were not statistically significant. Clinical outcomes revealed that the average hospitalized days and the rate of progression to severe type COVID-19 pneumonia in both the SDT + MPT group and the SDT group were 14.56 ± 0.57 days versus 16.55 ± 0.3 days (p = 0.0009) and 21.26% (27/127) versus 32.4% (89/276) (p = 0.0247), respectively. The 16-day nucleic acid negative rate was higher in the SDT + MPT group than in the SDT group, 81.73% (104/127) versus 65.27% (180/276) (p = 0.0006). MPT effectively prevents patients with HRCT COVID-19 pneumonia from progressing to the severe stage.
糖皮质激素治疗 2019 冠状病毒病(COVID-19)肺炎的最佳时机尚不确定。我们评估了甲基强的松龙治疗(MPT)高危普通型(HRCT)COVID-19 肺炎患者的临床结局。我们在中国东北地区进行了一项多中心回顾性队列研究。将标准治疗(SDT)组与 SDT+MPT 组进行比较,以确定甲基强的松龙治疗 HRCT COVID-19 肺炎的疗效。我们收集了 403 例 HRCT COVID-19 肺炎患者(SDT+MPT 组 127 例,SDT 组 276 例)的病历。没有患者接受机械通气或死亡。此外,MPT 无副作用。接受甲基强的松龙治疗的 SDT+MPT 组患者静脉注射中位数间隔为 5 天(四分位距 3 至 7 天)。SDT+MPT 组和 SDT 组的淋巴细胞计数、C 反应蛋白、白细胞介素 6、乳酸脱氢酶、呼吸频率、SpO2、PaO2、D-二聚体和体温趋势相似。SDT+MPT 组的结果似乎比 SDT 组改善更快,但差异无统计学意义。临床结果表明,SDT+MPT 组和 SDT 组的平均住院天数和进展为重型 COVID-19 肺炎的发生率分别为 14.56±0.57 天与 16.55±0.3 天(p=0.0009)和 21.26%(27/127)与 32.4%(89/276)(p=0.0247)。SDT+MPT 组 16 天核酸转阴率高于 SDT 组,81.73%(104/127)与 65.27%(180/276)(p=0.0006)。MPT 可有效防止 HRCT COVID-19 肺炎患者进展为重症。