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Anticoagulation, Bleeding, Mortality, and Pathology in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 76; Issue: 16 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.041

1558-3597

Girish N. Nadkarni, Anuradha Lala, Emilia Bagiella, Helena Chang, Pedro R. Moreno, Elisabet Pujadas, Varun Arvind, Sonali Bose, Alexander W. Charney, Martin D. Chen, Carlos Cordon‐Cardo, Andrew Dunn, Michael E. Farkouh, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, Arash Kia, Roopa Kohli‐Seth, Matthew A. Levin, Prem Timsina, Shan Zhao, Zahi A. Fayad, Valentı́n Fuster,

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Thromboembolic disease is common in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). There is limited evidence on the association of in-hospital anticoagulation (AC) with outcomes and postmortem findings.The purpose of this study was to examine association of AC with in-hospital outcomes and describe thromboembolic findings on autopsies.This retrospective analysis examined the association of AC with mortality, intubation, and major bleeding. Subanalyses were also conducted on the association of therapeutic versus prophylactic AC initiated ≤48 h from admission. Thromboembolic disease was contextualized by premortem AC among consecutive autopsies.Among 4,389 patients, median age was 65 years with 44% women. Compared with no AC (n = 1,530; 34.9%), therapeutic AC (n = 900; 20.5%) and prophylactic AC (n = 1,959; 44.6%) were associated with lower in-hospital mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR]: 0.53; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.45 to 0.62 and aHR: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.45 to 0.57, respectively), and intubation (aHR: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.51 to 0.94 and aHR: 0.72; 95% CI: 0.58 to 0.89, respectively). When initiated ≤48 h from admission, there was no statistically significant difference between therapeutic (n = 766) versus prophylactic AC (n = 1,860) (aHR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.73 to 1.02; p = 0.08). Overall, 89 patients (2%) had major bleeding adjudicated by clinician review, with 27 of 900 (3.0%) on therapeutic, 33 of 1,959 (1.7%) on prophylactic, and 29 of 1,530 (1.9%) on no AC. Of 26 autopsies, 11 (42%) had thromboembolic disease not clinically suspected and 3 of 11 (27%) were on therapeutic AC.AC was associated with lower mortality and intubation among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Compared with prophylactic AC, therapeutic AC was associated with lower mortality, although not statistically significant. Autopsies revealed frequent thromboembolic disease. These data may inform trials to determine optimal AC regimens.