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ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2022

Clinical characteristics and risk factors predictive of pulmonary embolism complicated in bronchiectasis patients: a retrospective study.

Tiantian Deng, Ke Xu, Beishou Wu, Fei Sheng, Xu Li, Zhuxian Zhu, Ziqiang Zhang

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Article in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Tiantian Deng *Department of General Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Ke Xu *Department of General Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Beishou WuDepartment of General Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Fei ShengShanghai Nanxiang Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, China.
Xu LiDepartment of General Medicine, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhuxian ZhuDepartment of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. Zhuzhuxian@126.com.
Ziqiang ZhangDepartment of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. zzq1419@126.com.
Tongji University · CNShanghai Medical Information Center · CNTongji Hospital · CN

Funding

Project of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality of China 20Y11901600; 20Z11900905; 20Z11901104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePulmonary embolism (PE) is a rare complication in bronchiectasis (BE) patients associated with a high rate of mortality and morbidity. However, data regarding bronchiectasis patients complicated with PE are limited. Early diagnosis of PE in bronchiectasis patients can improve the prognosis, this study aimed to investigate the clinical features and potential risk factors for early diagnosis of PE in bronchiectasis patients.

methodsData of Patients were collected from Tongji Hospital of Tongji University of China. Bronchiectasis patients complicated with pulmonary embolism were named as BE/PE group (n = 63), as well as contemporaneous aged- and sex-matched bronchiectasis patients without pulmonary embolism named as BE group (n = 189), at a ratio of 1:3(cases to controls). Clinical parameters and risk factors were analyzed.

resultsUnivariate analysis shows that long-term bed rest, chronic lung disease, autoimmune disease, peripheral artery disease (PAD), tuberculosis history, dyspnea, blood homocysteine, CD4/CD8 ratio, or SIQIIITIII syndrome were closely correlated with the incidence of PE in the bronchiectasis patients (p < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis of significant variables showed that CD4/CD8 ratio (OR 1.409, 95% CI 1.045-1.901) and autoimmune disease (OR 0.264, 95% CI 0.133-0.524) are independent risk factors for BE/PE patients, compared with the BE patients. 53 out of 189 (28.0%) BE patients had hemoptysis, and 15 out of 63 (23.8%) BE/PE patients had hemoptysis (p > 0.05).

conclusionsThe coexistence of pulmonary embolism and bronchiectasis are rarely encountered and easily to be ignored. Early identification of the clinical characteristic and potential risk factors of pulmonary embolism in bronchiectasis patients may help optimize the treatment strategies.

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BronchiectasisPulmonary EmbolismAgedHemoptysisHumansRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsBronchiectasisClinical featuresHemoptysisPulmonary embolismRisk factors

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