ArticleAcute medicine & surgery
Prediction of the prognosis of patients with bacteremia caused by encapsulated organisms using spleen volume: A retrospective study.
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Abstract
aimThe spleen plays an important role in the immune response, and patients with impaired spleen function are at risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection. This study investigated whether the spleen volume could predict the prognosis of patients with bacteremia caused by encapsulated organisms.
methodsThis was a single-center, retrospective observational study at Tokyo Medical University Hospital. Twenty patients with encapsulated bacteria (
resultsThe number of patients in the survive group was 17, and that of the non-survive group was 3. The SV and SVI were smaller in the nonsurvive group than in the survive group (
conclusionsThe SV and SVI could be used to predict the prognosis of bacteremia caused by encapsulated organisms. If the spleen volume as measured by computed tomography is small, more intensive treatment should be considered.
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