Clinical profile of mortality predictors in Leptospirosis:a prospective study in a tertiary care center

Autor:	Arun Divakar, Elizabeth Thomas, M. Gopala Krishna Pillai
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Anemia business.industry Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Chronic liver disease medicine.disease Leptospirosis Tertiary care Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Chi-square test Prospective cohort study business
Zdroj:	International Journal of Medical Research and Review. 5:857-864
ISSN:	2320-8686 2321-127X
DOI:	10.17511/ijmrr.2017.i09.05
Popis:	Aims and Objectives: To look for mortality predictors of Leptospirosis, with specific importance given to oli-guric renal failure and hypotension as possible predictors. Materials and Methods: A Prospective Cohort study conducted over two years which enrolled patients with clinically and serologically confirmed Leptospirosis. Of these, 30 patients were included who had hypotension and 30 patients who had oliguric renal failure, as per statistical requirements. Epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory data was collected at admission and the patients were followed up to look for outcome (discharge/death). Results: A total of 83 patients were included in this study. Of these 8 patients died (Mortality of 9.6%). Data analysis with Chi Square Test showed that oliguric renal failure was significantly associated with mortality in Leptospirosis (p
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