COVID-19 hastalarında derin ven trombozu ile seri toraks bilgisayarlı tomografi şiddet skorları arasındaki ilişkisi
Year 2025,
Volume: 30 Issue: 2, 197 - 210, 29.05.2025
Burcu Akman
,
Ahmet Turan Kaya
,
Mustafa Çapraz
,
Mustafa Cihangiroğlu
Abstract
Amaç: COVID-19 hastalarında alt ekstremite venlerinde derin ven trombozu (DVT) için risk faktörlerini ve DVT ile toraks Bilgisayarlı Tomografi şiddet skorları (BT-ŞS) arasındaki ilişkiyi değerlendirmeyi amaçladık. Bildiğimiz kadarıyla, çalışmamız COVID-19 hastalarında DVT oluşumu ile seri toraks BT-ŞS arasındaki ilişkiyi araştıran ilk çalışmadır.
Yöntemler: Çalışmamızda, retrospektif olarak hastanemize başvuran 131 COVID-19 hastayı (≥18 yaş) analiz ettik. İki radyolog toraks BT taramalarını inceledi ve görsel bir skorlama sistemi kullanarak BT-ŞS’ nı hesapladı. DVT için alt ekstremite damarlarının renkli Doppler ultrasonları yapıldı. Klinik olarak pulmoner emboli (PE) olduğundan şüphelenilen hastalara BT Pulmoner Anjiyografiler (BTPA) uygulandı.
Bulgular: Çalışmamıza toplam 131 hasta dahil edildi. Hastaların 71/131’i (%54,2) erkekti. 18/131 (%13,7) hasta yoğun bakımda tedavi gördü ve 18 (%13,7) hasta öldü. 21/131 hastanın alt ekstremitelerinde DVT (%16) vardı. 44/131 (%33,6) hastaya toraks BTA yapıldı ve 10/44 (%22,7) hastada PE saptandı. DVT’li hastalarda PE sıklığı anlamlı olarak yüksekti (p= 0.009). DVT oluşumu, yüksek ilk göğüs BT-ŞS’si ile anlamlı şekilde ilişkiliydi (p=0.002). Ancak DVT ile ikinci ve üçüncü BT-ŞS arasında ilişki yoktu. Artmış serum D-Dimer, CRP ve fibrinojen seviyeleri ile DVT gelişimi arasında anlamlı ilişkiler bulundu (p<0.001; p=0.014; p=0.031).
Sonuç: Başvuru sırasında çekilen toraks BT’de yaygın akciğer tutulumu olan COVID-19 hastalarında DVT riski daha yüksektir.
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Relationship between deep vein thrombosis and serial chest computerized tomography severity scores in COVID-19 patients
Year 2025,
Volume: 30 Issue: 2, 197 - 210, 29.05.2025
Burcu Akman
,
Ahmet Turan Kaya
,
Mustafa Çapraz
,
Mustafa Cihangiroğlu
Abstract
Aim: We aimed to evaluate risk factors for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in the lower extremities veins in COVID-19 patients and the relationship between DVT and chest Computed Tomography severity scores (CT-SS). To our knowledge, our study is the first to investigate the relationship between the occurrence of DVT and serial chest CT-SS in COVID-19 patients.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 131 COVID-19 patients (≥18 years) admitted to our hospital. Two radiologists examined chest CT scans and calculated CT-SS using a visual scoring system. Color Doppler ultrasounds of lower extremity veins were performed for DVT. CT Pulmonary Angiographies (CTPA) were performed on patients clinically suspected of pulmonary embolism (PE).
Results: A total of 131 patients were included in our study. 71/131 (54.2%) of the patients were male. 18/131 (13.7%) patients were treated in ICU, and 18 (13.7%) patients died. 21/131 (16%) patients had DVT in their lower extremities. Chest CTA was performed in 44/131 (33.6%) patients, and PE was detected in 10/44 patients (22.7%). PE was considerably more common in patients with DVT (p = 0.009). The occurrence of DVT was significantly associated with high first chest CT-SS (p=0.002). However, there was no association between the DVT and the second and third CT-SS. Significant associations were found between the development of DVT with elevated serum D-Dimer, CRP, and fibrinogen levels (p<0.001; p=0.014; p=0.031).
Conclusion: The risk of DVT is higher in COVID-19 patients with diffuse pulmonary involvement on chest CT at admission.
Ethical Statement
This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Amasya University Faculty of Medicine and was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki and Good Clinical Practice (approval number:62, 06 May 2021) and the requirement for informed consent was waived.
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