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Pulmonary Infection Is an Independent Risk Factor for Long-Term Mortality and Quality of Life for Sepsis Patients
Joint Authors
He, Xiao-Li
Liao, Xue-Lian
Xie, Zhi-Chao
Han, Li
Yang, Xiao-Lei
Kang, Yan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Long-term outcomes (mortality and health-related quality of life) of sepsis have risen as important indicators for health care.
Pulmonary infection and abdominal infection are the leading causes of sepsis.
However, few researches about long-term outcomes focused on the origin of sepsis.
Here we aim to study the clinical differences between pulmonary-sepsis and abdominal-sepsis and to investigate whether different infection foci were associated with long-term outcomes.
Methods.
Patients who survived after hospital discharge were followed up by telephone interview.
Quality of life (QoL) was assessed using the EuroQol 5-dimension (EQ5D) questionnaire.
Results.
Four hundred and eighty-three sepsis patients were included, 272 (56.3%) had pulmonary-sepsis, and 180 (37.3%) had abdominal-sepsis.
The overall ICU and one-year mortality rates of the cohort were 17.8% and 36.1%, respectively.
Compared with abdominal-sepsis, pulmonary-sepsis patients had older age, higher APACHE II, higher ICU mortality (31.7% versus 12.6%), and one-year mortality (45.4% versus 24.4%), together with worse QoL.
Age, septic shock, acute renal failure, fungus infection, anion gap, and pulmonary infection were predictors for one-year mortality and pulmonary infection was a risk factor for poor QoL.
Conclusions.
Pulmonary-sepsis showed worse outcome than abdominal-sepsis.
Pulmonary infection is a risk factor for one-year mortality and QoL after sepsis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
He, Xiao-Li& Liao, Xue-Lian& Xie, Zhi-Chao& Han, Li& Yang, Xiao-Lei& Kang, Yan. 2016. Pulmonary Infection Is an Independent Risk Factor for Long-Term Mortality and Quality of Life for Sepsis Patients. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097694
Modern Language Association (MLA)
He, Xiao-Li…[et al.]. Pulmonary Infection Is an Independent Risk Factor for Long-Term Mortality and Quality of Life for Sepsis Patients. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097694
American Medical Association (AMA)
He, Xiao-Li& Liao, Xue-Lian& Xie, Zhi-Chao& Han, Li& Yang, Xiao-Lei& Kang, Yan. Pulmonary Infection Is an Independent Risk Factor for Long-Term Mortality and Quality of Life for Sepsis Patients. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1097694
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1097694