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- Title
Heart rate variability follow-up during COVID-19 -a case report-.
- Authors
Figar Gutiérrez, Alejandro; Bonofiglio, Francisco C.; Karippacheril, John George; Redelico, Francisco O.; de Los Angeles Iturralde, Maria
- Abstract
Background: To detect an early increase in the inflammatory response might prove to be vital for mitigating the deleterious effects of the disease over time. Case: A 52-year-old obese man with moderate asthma and hypertension, who developed COVID-19 and had moderate symptoms, used a wearable device to record heart rate variability (HRV) during his illness. He had low parasympathetic tone, which decreased daily until it reached almost 2 standard deviations (SD) below normal values at the end of the second week. His sympathetic tone increased from > 3 SD to > 5 SD. Conclusions: These findings suggest an altered modulation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in COVID-19, such that the sympathetic tone is augmented and the parasympathetic tone is reduced. Population norms of COVID-19 infections should be further studied over the short-term and using 24 h HRV measurements.
- Subjects
HEART beat; COVID-19 pandemic; PARASYMPATHETIC nervous system; SYMPATHETIC nervous system; COVID-19
- Publication
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 1, p86
- ISSN
2005-6419
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4097/kja.21338