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Abstract: PO0098

Relationship Between the Presence of Infectious Disease and Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 1

Session Information

Category: Acute Kidney Injury

  • 102 AKI: Clinical, Outcomes, and Trials

Authors

  • Chavez, Jonathan, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Unidad Hospitalaria Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • Garcia-Garcia, Guillermo, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Unidad Hospitalaria Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • Michel gonzález, Jorge Isaac, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Unidad Hospitalaria Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Background

Cardiorenal Syndrome type 1 (CRS-1) can be triggered by an infection. The pathophysiological basis is vascular congestion, which is why it has been treated with different strategies of diuretics, but in the presence of infection, the inflammatory, neurohormonal and hemodynamic effects can compromise the efficacy of the diuretic therapy and potentially worsen clinical evolution. Here we compare the clinical evolution during the hospitalization of CRS-1 patients with and without infection.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study conducted in the Hospital Civil of Guadalajara "Fray Antonio Alcalde", from January 2015 to September 2018. Conducted in CRS-1 patients, we showed the clinical evolution and diuretic strategies analyzed according to the presence or absence of infection.

Results

We identified 63 patients classified as having CRS-1, 28 (44.4%) were classified as having an infectious disease. The mean age was 62 years (±14.6) and 58 (±12.4) in the group with infection and no infection, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the clinical outcomes of both groups. The median length of hospital stay was 8 days in the group with infection and 7 days in the group without infection (p=0.065). Three patients (10.7%) of the group with infection received renal replacement therapy and 1 patient (2.9%) in the group without infection (p=0.315). In the group with infection, 2 patients died (7.1%), whereas in the uninfected group there were no deaths (p=0.194). sCr values tend to diminish in a similar manner in both groups. We found that all patients received furosemide at least during the first five days of hospitalization and the strategy of the diuretic chosen was similar between groups.

Conclusion

We showed that the clinical evolution of patients with CRS-1 is similar in the presence or absence of infection. We anticipate that this study may be a reason to expand knowledge in patients with CRS-1 and the presence of infection.