Clinical course of severe patients with COVID-19 treated with tocilizumab: report from a cohort study in Spain

Autor: FJ García-Moreno, Roberto Collado-Borrell, María Olmedo, Maricela Valerio, Elena Lobato-Matilla, Beatriz Somoza-Fernandez, Ana Herranz, Juan Carlos Lopez-Bernaldo-de-Quirós, Teresa Aldámiz-Echevarría, Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez, Emilio Bouza, Sebastian Garcia-Sanchez, Irene Taladriz-Sender, RM Romero-Jiménez, Marina Machado, Paula Ruiz-Briones, Patricia Muñoz, Cecilia M. Fernández-Llamazares, Rafael Correa-Rocha, Milagros Sancho-Gonzalez, José Luis Revuelta-Herrero, Camino Sarobe-González, Alvaro Gimenez-Manzorro, CG Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Esther Chamorro-de-Vega, María Sanjurjo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology
article-version (VoR) Version of Record
ISSN: 1751-2441
1751-2433
DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2021.1875819
Popis: Background: We report the long-term outcomes, changes in laboratory parameters, the incidence of secondary nosocomial infections and treatment cost of a Spanish cohort of patients with severe COVID-19 that received tocilizumab (TCZ). Methods: Retrospective cohort of PCR confirmed adult patients who received TCZ from March 1 to 24, 2020 in a tertiary hospital was analyzed. Patients were followed up until 10 May 2020. Results: We included 162 patients (median age 64 years; 70.4% male). At time of TCZ administration, 48.1% of patients were on invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Over a median follow-up of 53 days, 46.9% of patients were discharge in good conditions and 19.8% were still hospitalized. The overall mortality was 33.3%, being higher in patients on IMV than those who did not (46.2% vs 26.7%, P
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