Heart rate variability follow-up during COVID-19 -a case report

Autor: Alejandro Figar Gutiérrez, Francisco C. Bonofiglio, John George Karippacheril, Francisco O. Redelico, Maria de Los Angeles Iturralde
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, Vol 75, Iss 1, Pp 86-96 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2005-6419
2005-7563
DOI: 10.4097/kja.21338
Popis: Background To detect an early increase in the inflammatory response might prove to be vital for mitigating the deleterious effects of the disease over time. Case A 52-year-old obese man with moderate asthma and hypertension, who developed COVID-19 and had moderate symptoms, used a wearable device to record heart rate variability (HRV) during his illness. He had low parasympathetic tone, which decreased daily until it reached almost 2 standard deviations (SD) below normal values at the end of the second week. His sympathetic tone increased from > 3 SD to > 5 SD. Conclusions These findings suggest an altered modulation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in COVID-19, such that the sympathetic tone is augmented and the parasympathetic tone is reduced. Population norms of COVID-19 infections should be further studied over the short-term and using 24 h HRV measurements.
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