Admission Lymphocytopenia is Associated with Urinary Tract Infection and Nosocomial Infections in Hemorrhagic Stroke

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OBJECTIVE: Growing evidence suggests that lymphocytopenia on admission (LOA) is associated with infectious complications and poor outcomes in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Whether LOA preferentially increases the risk for community acquired infections or nosocomial infections is unknown. This study investigates the relationship between LOA and nosocomial infections in a cohort of patients with ICH in a safety-net hospital.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a single center, observational, retrospective study of 213 patients with non-traumatic ICH admitted to the neurocritical care unit between 2008 and 2014. Patients' clinical, demographic, lab and radiologic data were retrieved from institutional electronic medical records. Nosocomial infection was defined as clinical onset 48 h after admission.

RESULTS: Prevalence of LOA was 24.8%. Patients with LOA showed significant associations with mechanical ventilation (67.9% versus 49.4%; p= 0.019), higher median ICH score (2 versus 1; p=0.006), nosocomial infection (43.4% versus 28.0%; p=0.038), nosocomial UTI (24.5% versus 8.9%; p=0.003). Adjusting for baseline covariates in a multivariate logistic regression, we observed an association of LOA with nosocomial UTI (OR, 3.66 [95% CI, 1.36-9.88], p=0.010). From the Cox proportional model, patients with LOA had 1.76 times the hazard of developing of nosocomial infection, compared to those without LOA ([95% CI: 1.01, 3.07], p=0.046) and had 3.27 times the hazard of developing nosocomial UTI, compared to those without LOA ([95% CI: 1.39, 7.67], p=0.007).

CONCLUSIONS: This study is the first to show that LOA is associated with nosocomial urinary tract infections and significantly shorter times to develop nosocomial infections.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 30(2021), 11 vom: 05. Nov., Seite 106079

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carneiro, Thiago [VerfasserIn]
Spears, William [VerfasserIn]
LeClair, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Mahoney, Taylor [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Courtney [VerfasserIn]
Cervantes-Arslanian, Anna [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Immune depression
Intra-cerebral hemorrhage
Journal Article
Lymphocytopenia
Observational Study
Stroke
UTI

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Date Completed 10.02.2022

Date Revised 10.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106079

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330304097