Mortality and Risk Factors in Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients with Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: An Observational Study of Thirty Cases.

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Assoc Prof Elif Yelda Ozgun Niksarlioglu, MD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6119-6540
Mehmet Atilla Uysal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0430-498X
Ekrem Cengiz Seyhan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6639-2797
Murat Kıyık https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8737-1418
Erdoğan Çetinkaya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0891-0020

Keywords

COVID-19, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, interstitial lung disease, mortality, pulmonary function test, steroid, treatment

Abstract

Background and aim


During the Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic, it was shown that patients who had a comorbidity like interstitial lung disease had the worst prognosis and increased risk of death due to COVID-19 infection. There is not enough research investigating the effect of COVID-19 on patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis(HP), a relatively common ILD.  As a result, this paper aims to investigate the mortality and related risk factors in hospitalized patients for COVID-19 with HP. 


Methods


Thirty patients(18female and 12male) with HP were hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia between June 1, 2020, and December 30, 2022, and were evaluated retrospectively at the tertiary pandemic hospital. The patients were recruited from the hospital information management system. COVID-19 was detected in patients' nasopharyngeal and throat swab samples using real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction.


Results


The median age of the HP patients was 58.9±11.6(range 34-81)years, and 18(60%) were female. The median follow-up period for HP was 31(IQR, 24) months. Bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial biopsy, criobiopsy, and Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery were used to diagnose HP. Before COVID-19 diagnosis, 27(90%) patients used immunosuppressive treatment, 27/30 used methylprednisolone, and 9/30 used other immunosuppressive. At admission, blood CRP, sedimentation rate, procalcitonin, lactate dehydrogenase, D-dimer, ferritin, and fibrinogen levels were higher than the normal range. The most common radiological findings in computed tomography in HP patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were consolidation and ground-glass opacities. Of the 30 HP cases, 9(30%) were intubated and died of COVID-19 infection. Non-survivors had lower FEV1%predicted, FVC%predicted, DLCO%,and 6MWT in the non-survivor group than in the survivor group. Furthermore, the blood neutrophil count, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, and CRP level were higher in non-survivors.


 


Conclusions


This study's mortality rate in HP patients with COVID-19 was 30%. Lower FEV1%predicted, FVC%predicted, DLCO% and 6MWT were also related to mortality in HP cases with COVID-19.

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Running Title: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis with COVID-19
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Running Title: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis with COVID-19
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Running Title: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis with COVID-19
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Running Title: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis with COVID-19
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