ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2023
Red blood cell distribution width is a risk factor for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in elderly patients with infection: a case control study.
Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical characteristics of older people and risk factors for developing multiple organ dysfunction following wasp stings.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Lactate to albumin ratio predicts one year mortality in ICU patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Article
- Are Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Platelet Count Useful for Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Patients Undergoing Re-Revision Arthroplasty.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundInfection is the leading cause of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in the elderly. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) was considered to be associated with many diseases. We aimed to explore whether RDW was associated with MODS in elderly infected patients.
methodsWe retrospectively collected data from elderly patients (≥ 65 years old) with infection. In this study, we conducted a 1:3 case-control match based on age and gender and utilized binary Logistic regression to investigate the impact of variables such as RDW on MODS.
resultsA total of 576 eligible patients were included in this study. RDW in the case group was significantly higher than that in control group (p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis found that RDW was an independent risk factor for MODS in elderly infected patients (OR = 1.397, 95% CI: 1.166-1.674, p < 0.001).
conclusionsRDW was an independent risk factor for MODS in elderly patients with infection.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.