Mortality risk after herpes zoster infection in end-stage renal disease patients.

Autor: Ahn JH; Department of Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA., Waller JL; Department of Population Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA., Baer SL; Department of Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.; Charlie Norwood VAMC, Augusta, GA, USA., Colombo RE; Department of Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA., Kheda MF; Southwest Georgia Nephrology Clinic, PC, Albany, GA, USA., Nahman NS Jr; Department of Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.; Charlie Norwood VAMC, Augusta, GA, USA., Turrentine JE; Department of Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical kidney journal [Clin Kidney J] 2019 Feb; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 101-105. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jul 17.
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfy058
Abstrakt: Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have increased risk of developing herpes zoster (zoster) compared with the general population, but mortality risk is unknown. We assessed the risk of mortality in hospitalized ESRD patients with a diagnosis of zoster from the inpatient hospital files (as opposed to outpatient records) of the United States Renal Data System.
Methods: This study analyzed incident ESRD patients from 2006 to 2009. Based on an International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis code of zoster infection, we determined 2-year mortality following an inpatient diagnosis. Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the association of mortality and zoster, when controlling for demographic and other clinical risk factors.
Results: Zoster was diagnosed in 2784 patients, 51% of whom died within 2 years, with a mean time to death of 8.1 months. Patients who died were more likely to be white and older, score higher on the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and have other clinical diagnoses besides CCI. Increased risk of death within 2 years was associated with older age (adjusted hazard ratio 1.03), malnutrition (1.31), bacteremia/septicemia (1.16) and increasing CCI (1.10). Zoster vaccine was administered to 27 patients, but the small number precluded analysis of its impact.
Conclusions: Mortality in ESRD patients with an inpatient zoster diagnosis is increased with older age and higher severity of clinical comorbidities. The role of zoster vaccination on mortality in this population remains to be defined.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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