[Risk Factors for Mortalityin Patients with Urosepsis]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2017 May;63(5):195-199. doi: 10.14989/ActaUrolJap_63_5_195.
[Article in Japanese]

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.

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Hypoalbuminemia
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
  • Sepsis / etiology*
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Urinary Tract Infections / etiology*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology