Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 6, 2020

Level of IL-6 predicts respiratory failure in hospitalized symptomatic COVID-19 patients

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  • Herold et al found a strong association between elevated interleukin-6 (IL-6) and the need for mechanical ventilation in 40 hospitalized patients. The patients did not differ in age, comorbidities, radiological findings, respiratory rate of qSofa score. 
  • This suggests that IL-6 is an effective marker that could be used by physicians to predict upcoming respiratory failure and allocate patients at an early stage. 

Herold et al. (Apr 4, 2020). Level of IL-6 predicts respiratory failure in hospitalized symptomatic COVID-19 patients. Pre-print downloaded Apr 6 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.01.20047381