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Trial reportBioMed research international2019

The Association between Absence of Abdominal Pain and Mortality in Lower Intestinal Perforation in Patients with Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases.

Yukari Endo, Yoshiyuki Abe, Shingo Kawano, Taiki Ando, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Naoto Tamura

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yukari EndoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshiyuki AbeDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1014-2868
Shingo KawanoDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Taiki AndoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuhiro SakamotoDepartment of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-7087-1667
Naoto TamuraDepartment of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Juntendo University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine mortality and predictive factors for lower intestinal perforation (LIP) among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

methodsThis retrospective, single-center, observational study analyzed mortality rates in 31 autoimmune rheumatic disease patients with LIP who were admitted to our hospital from January 2002 to June 2017. The primary outcome was the mortality rate during hospitalization.

resultsThe median age at the time of LIP was 61 years, and the survival rate at discharge was 64.5%. Eleven patients died of sepsis during hospitalization. Cox univariable analysis for mortality during hospitalization showed that absence of abdominal pain (hazard ratio (HR) 5.61, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.38-22.9), higher age (HR 1.06, 95% CI 1.01-1.11), chronic kidney disease (HR 6.89, 95% CI 1.85-25.7), systemic vasculitis (HR 3.95, 95% CI 1.14-13.6), higher blood urea nitrogen (HR 1.02, 95% CI 1.01-1.04), higher serum creatinine (HR 1.41, 95% CI 1.06-1.87), and LIP due to malignancy (HR 14.3, 95% CI 1.95-105.1) significantly increased mortality.

conclusionAbdominal pain was absent in 16% of LIP patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases, and this absence was a poor prognostic factor in this cohort. Moreover, higher age, chronic kidney disease, systemic vasculitis, and LIP due to malignancy were associated with significantly increased mortality. Physicians should be aware of LIP in autoimmune disease patients with higher age, chronic kidney diseases, or systemic vasculitis even if patients reveal mild abdominal symptoms.

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Abdominal PainAgedDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansIntestinal PerforationMaleMiddle AgedRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRheumatic DiseasesSurvival RateSystemic Vasculitis

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