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ArticleCureus2021

Sterile Leukocytosis Predicts Hemorrhagic Transformation in Arterial Ischemic Stroke: A National Inpatient Sample Study.

Aldana M Antoniazzi, Santiago R Unda, Daniel M Klyde, Raphael Miller, Sharon Lam, Rose Fluss, David J Altschul

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fatty Acids and Lipid Paradox-Neuroprotective Biomarkers in Ischemic Stroke.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Aldana M AntoniazziNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.
Santiago R UndaNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA.
Daniel M KlydeNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.
Raphael MillerNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.
Sharon LamNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.
Rose FlussNeurological Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, USA.
David J AltschulNeurological Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA.
Montefiore Medical Center · USAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USNeurological Surgery · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHemorrhage transformation (HT) is a known complication of arterial ischemic stroke (AIS). In addition, it is known that the increase of proinflammatory immune cells in the brain tissue after AIS predict worse outcomes. However, it is not clear whether inflammation due to preceding or post-stroke infections affect outcomes and moreover, if systemic inflammatory markers could be useful as a clinical prediction tool for HT post-stroke. Therefore, our objective was to assess the association between systemic pro-inflammatory profile in AIS patients with HT and in-hospital mortality that did not course with acute infections during hospitalization.

methodsThis study was conducted using the 2016 and 2017 National Inpatient Sample (NIS) with International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between HT and in-hospital mortality with pro-inflammatory anomalies of white blood cells (WBCs) in AIS patients. Exclusion criteria comprised patients with under 18 years old, and with a diagnosis of gastrointestinal, urogenital, respiratory infection, bacteremia, viral infection, sepsis, or fever.

resultsA total of 212,356 patients with AIS were included in the analysis. 422 (0.2%) patients had a HT and 10,230 (4.8%) patients died during hospitalization. The most common WBC pro-inflammatory marker was leukocytosis with 6.9% (n=29/422) of HT and 5.5% (n=560/10,230) of patients that died during hospitalization. After adjusting for socio-demographic, comorbidities and treatment factors, leukocytosis was found to be an independent risk factor for both outcomes, HT [OR = 1.5, 95% CI: 1-2.3, p=0.024] and, in-hospital mortality [OR = 1.5, 95% CI: 1.3-1.6, p < 0.001].

conclusionSterile leukocytosis is a potential clinical prediction tool to determine which patients are at higher risk of developing HT and die during hospitalization.

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hemorrhagic transformationleukocytosisnationwide inpatient sample (nis)strokesystemic inflammation

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