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    Increased Mortality Among Renal Transplant Patients With Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillus Infection
    (2018) Balcan, Baran; Ozcelik, Umit; Ugurlu, Aylin Ozsancakli; Aydin, Mehtap; Nalcaci, Serdar; Karakayali, Feza Yarbug; 0000-0003-1073-2494; 0000-0003-3598-3986; 0000-0003-4044-9366; 0000-0002-1874-947X; 30235978; A-4721-2018; AAG-8651-2021; AAA-2925-2020; HLX-0937-2023; AAB-3888-2021
    Introduction: Renal transplantation is the most effective and preferred definite treatment option in patients with end-stage renal disease. Due to long-term immunesuppressive treatment, renal transplant recipients become vulnerable to opportunistic infections, especially to fungal infections. Method: This was a single-center, retrospective observational study of 438 patients who underwent renal transplantation between 2010 and 2016. Results: Thirty-eight renal transplant recipients who had lower respiratory tract infection with median age of 41.5 years were evaluated for invasive pulmonary aspergillus (IPA). Of these, 52.6% were female and 84.2% had living donors. Eleven of 38 lower respiratory patients were found to have IPA infection, 5 with proven infection. Compared to patients who did not have fungal pulmonary infection, patients with invasive aspergillus were older and had high fever, galactomannan levels, and leukocyte counts. Mortality was also higher in those patients. Having fever at the baseline and IPA infection was significantly associated with mortality in univariate analysis and remained related in multivariate model after adjustment for age, gender, and fever. Conclusion: Invasive pulmonary aspergillus infection is highly associated with increased mortality rates in renal transplant patients. Fungal pulmonary infections in immune-suppressed patients should be diagnosed and treated immediately in order to avoid the life-threatening complications and may greatly improve prognosis.
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    Determination of Factors Affecting Mortality of Patients with Sepsis in a Tertiary Intensive Care Unit
    (2015) Balcan, Baran; Olgun, Sehnaz; Torlak, Fatih; Sagmen, Seda Beyhan; Eryuksel, Emel; Karakurt, Sait; 29404090
    OBJECTIVES: Sepsis is a disease with high mortality that is frequently observed in intensive care units. This study aimed to determine the risk factors affecting mortality of patients with sepsis who were followed up in the intensive care unit (ICU). We aimed to contribute to literature by evaluating the relationship between mortality and pro-brain natriuretic peptide (pro-BNP9), C-reactive protein (CRP), thrombocyte count, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, duration of hospitalization in the intensive care unit, and the presence of multidrug-resistant microorganism. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients hospitalized in ICU because of the diagnosis of sepsis and septic shock between December 2010 and June 2012 were included in this retrospective study. RESULTS: A total of 141 patients, including 74 male (52.5%) and 67 female (47.5%) patients, were involved in the study, and the median age was 66.8 +/- 17.9 years. Sixty-nine patients (48.9%) were discharged from the ICU; however, 72 patients (51.1%) were exitus. Multi-drug-resistant microorganism was detected in 34 patients (24.1%). The patients' median SOFA score was 9.16 +/- 3.16, median APACHE-II score was 24.9 +/- 7.83, and median duration of hospitalization in the ICU was 8.44 +/- 11.61 days. It was found that mortality rate significantly increased in patients with the APACHE-II score of 24.5 and over, SOFA score of 8.5 and over, pro BNP value of 7241 ng/L and over, and CRP value of 96.5 mg/dL and over. Mortality rate was detected to be higher in patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation than in patients undergoing non-invasive mechanical ventilation. When thrombocyte count and mortality were associated with each other, it was found that the median value was 86000 mg/dL in exitus patients, whereas it was 185000 mg/dL in patients discharged from the ICU. CONCLUSION: It was revealed that increased APACHE-II score, increased SOFA score, increased pro BNP score, increased CRP, the presence of multidrug-resistant microorganism, and decreased thrombocyte count elevated the rate of mortality. However, no relationship was observed between the duration of hospitalization in the ICU and mortality.