A challenging issue in COVID-19 infection: The relationship between PA1-1 and TAFI levels in patients with coagulation disorder: A retrospective and observational study.
Medicine (Baltimore)
; 103(15): e37802, 2024 Apr 12.
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ABSTRACT
COVID-19 disrupts the balance between coagulation and fibrinolysis. Especially in the clinical course of serious disease, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI), and tissue plasminogen activator levels increase in association with hypercoagulable state and hypofibrinolysis. This explains the increased incidence of thrombosis seen in COVID-19 infection. In this study, we aimed to examine the changes in PAI-1 and TAFI levels of COVID-19 patients. Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital-Ankara Turkey, between April 1 and May 7, 2021. Patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 were included in this retrospective study. TAFI and PAI-1 levels were analyzed from the samples that had been stored at -80 °C formerly. One hundred thirty-five patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and followed up in the service or intensive care unit were included in the study. Thirty-four (25.2%) patients required follow-up in the intensive care unit. Mortality rate was 10.4%, the coagulation tests of these patients were also compared. PA1-1 levels were found to be statistically significantly higher in intensive care unit patients (median 133 pg/mL vs 31 pg/mL; Pâ
<â
.001), and there was no significant difference in TAFI levels (median7.31 ng/mL vs 9.80 ng/mL; Pâ
=â
.171) between the 2 groups. TAFI levels were found to be higher in patients who died. In COVID-19 infection, as the severity of the disease increases, the coagulation balance deteriorates and eventually a hypercoagulable state occurs with an increase in PAI-1 and TAFI levels. Markers such as PAI and TAFI can be illuminating in further studies in determining prognosis and mortality and developing new treatment options.
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Trastornos de la Coagulación Sanguínea
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Trombofilia
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Carboxipeptidasa B2
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COVID-19
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Humans
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Medicine (Baltimore)
Año:
2024
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País de afiliación:
Turquía