Time Course of Septic Shock in Immunocompromised and Nonimmunocompromised Patients.
Crit Care Med
; 45(12): 2031-2039, 2017 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28937407
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To address the impact of underlying immune conditions on the course of septic shock with respect to both mortality and the development of acute infectious and noninfectious complications.DESIGN:
An 8-year (2008-2015) monocenter retrospective study.SETTING:
A medical ICU in a tertiary care center. PATIENTS Patients diagnosed for septic shock within the first 48 hours of ICU admission were included. Patients were classified in four subgroups with respect to their immune status nonimmunocompromised and immunocompromised distributed into hematologic or solid malignancies and nonmalignant immunosuppression. Outcomes were in-hospital death and the development of ischemic and hemorrhagic complications and ICU-acquired infections. The determinants of death and complications were addressed by multivariate competing risk analysis.INTERVENTIONS:
None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAINRESULTS:
Eight hundred one patients were included. Among them, 305 (38%) were immunocompromised, distributed into solid tumors (122), hematologic malignancies (106), and nonmalignant immunosuppression (77). The overall 3-day, in-ICU, and in-hospital mortality rates were 14.1%, 37.3%, and 41.3%, respectively. Patients with solid tumors displayed increased in-hospital mortality (cause-specific hazard, 2.20 [95% CI, 1.64-2.96]; p < 0.001). ICU-acquired infections occurred in 211 of the 3-day survivors (33%). In addition, 95 (11.8%) and 70 (8.7%) patients exhibited severe ischemic or hemorrhagic complications during the ICU stay. There was no association between the immune status and the occurrence of ICU-acquired infections. Nonmalignant immunosuppression and hematologic malignancies were independently associated with increased risks of severe ischemic events (cause-specific hazard, 2.12 [1.14-3.96]; p = 0.02) and hemorrhage (cause-specific hazard, 3.17 [1.41-7.13]; p = 0.005), respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
The underlying immune status impacts on the course of septic shock and on the susceptibility to ICU-acquired complications. This emphasizes the complexity of sepsis syndromes in relation with comorbid conditions and raises the question of the relevant endpoints in clinical studies.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Shock, Septic
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Immunocompromised Host
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Intensive Care Units
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Crit Care Med
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Francia