{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Effects of COVID-19 infection in patients with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a single-center study.
{Author}: Duan C;Zhou W;Zhang M;Cheng C;Xu W;Dai J;Meng S;Chen K;Zhao Y;Liu S;Wang ST;Yang Y;Xu KF;Tian X;
{Journal}: Orphanet J Rare Dis
{Volume}: 18
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 2023 Nov 11
{Factor}: 4.303
{DOI}: 10.1186/s13023-023-02950-9
{Abstract}: BACKGROUND: Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) is a rare interstitial lung disease. COVID-19 is associated with worse prognosis in previous lung diseases patients. But the prognosis of aPAP patients after infection with COVID-19 is unclear. In December 2022, China experienced a large-scale outbreak of Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we aim to explore the clinical outcomes of aPAP patients infected with COVID-19.
RESULTS: A total of 39 aPAP patients were included in this study. 30.77% patients had a decrease in oxygen saturation after COVID-19 infection. We compared the two groups of patients with or without decreased oxygen saturation after COVID-19 infection and found that patients who had previous oxygen therapy (decreased oxygen saturation vs. non decreased oxygen saturation: 6/12 vs. 4/27, P = 0.043), with lower baseline arterial oxygen partial pressure (74.50 ± 13.61 mmHg vs. 86.49 ± 11.92 mmHg, P = 0.009), lower baseline DLCO/VA% [77.0 (74.3, 93.6) % vs. 89.5 (78.2, 97.4) %, P = 0.036], shorter baseline 6MWD [464 (406, 538) m vs. 532 (470, 575) m, P = 0.028], higher disease severity score (P = 0.017), were more likely to have decreased oxygen saturation after COVID-19 infection.
CONCLUSIONS: aPAP patients with poor baseline respiration have a higher probability of hypoxia after COVID-19 infection, but fatal events were rare.