Visceral adipose tissue area predicts intensive care unit admission in COVID-19 patients - 06/02/21

Abstract |
We retrospectively investigated, in 62 consecutive hospitalised COVID-19 patients (aged 70 ± 14 years, 40 males), the prognostic value of CT-derived subcutaneous adipose tissue and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) metrics, testing them in four predictive models for admission to intensive care unit (ICU), with and without pre-existing comorbidities. Multivariate logistic regression identified VAT score as the best ICU admission predictor (odds ratios 4.307–12.842). A non-relevant contribution of comorbidities at receiver operating characteristic analysis (area under the curve 0.821 for the CT-based model, 0.834 for the one including comorbidities) highlights the potential one-stop-shop prognostic role of CT-derived lung and adipose tissue metrics.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Intra-Abdominal fat, Subcutaneous fat, Tomography, X-Ray computed, COVID-19, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Critical care
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Vol 15 - N° 1
P. 89-92 - janvier 2021 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.