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[Risk Factors for Mortalityin Patients with Urosepsis].
- Source :
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Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica [Hinyokika Kiyo] 2017 May; Vol. 63 (5), pp. 195-199. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Urosepsis is not uncommon and sometimes causes a critical condition including death. We retrospectivelyanaly zed the risk factors for mortalityin urosepsis. We treated 80 patients as urosepsis from 2010 to 2014 in our hospital. Five patients (6%) died within 30 days of hospitalization. The median age of the patients who died of urosepsis was 92 years (range, 83-95 years). The main causes of urosepsis were complicated pyelonephritis in 4 patients and emphysematous pyelonephritis in one. In the subgroup analysis of elderly patients over 75 years old, bad performance status and lower serum albumin were significantlyrelated to mortality(p =0.033, 0.046). The elderlypatients, especiallywith bad performance status and lower serum albumin, are more likelyto die.
Details
- Language :
- Japanese
- ISSN :
- 0018-1994
- Volume :
- 63
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28625026
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.14989/ActaUrolJap_63_5_195