Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
April 6, 2020
Level of IL-6 predicts respiratory failure in hospitalized symptomatic COVID-19 patients
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting
- 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