Publications by authors named "Joakim Norderfeldt"

Introduction: Critically ill Covid-19 patients are likely to develop the sequence of acute pulmonary hypertension (aPH), right ventricular strain, and eventually right ventricular failure due to currently known pathophysiology (endothelial inflammation plus thrombo-embolism) that promotes increased pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary artery pressure. Furthermore, an in-hospital trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) diagnosis of aPH is associated with a substantially increased risk of early mortality. The aim of this retrospective observational follow-up study was to explore the mortality during the 1-24-month period following the TTE diagnosis of aPH in the intensive care unit (ICU).

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Introduction: Critically ill Covid-19 pneumonia patients are likely to develop the sequence of acute pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular (RV) strain, and eventually RV failure due to known pathophysiology (endothelial inflammation plus thrombo-embolism) that promotes increased pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary artery pressure. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of acute pulmonary hypertension (aPH) as per established trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE) criteria in Covid-19 patients receiving intensive care and to explore whether short-term outcomes are affected by the presence of aPH.

Methods: Medical records were reviewed for patients treated in the intensive care units at a tertiary university hospital over a month.

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