Prognostic Value of Blood Urea Nitrogen for Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Infective Endocarditis

Overview

Journal Infect Dis Ther

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2023 Sep 26

PMID 37751020

Authors

Qi Wang

Jia Qiu

Jie-Leng Huang

Mei Jiang

Jun-Quan Lu

Di Wu

Xue-Biao Wei

Dan-Qing Yu

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Abstract

Introduction: Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is a metabolic product validated to be an independent risk factor in the prognosis of several diseases. However, the prognostic value of BUN in patients with infective endocarditis (IE) remains unevaluated.

Methods: A total of 1371 patients with a diagnosis of IE were included and divided into four groups according to BUN (mmol/L) at admission: < 3.5 (n = 343), 3.5-4.8 (n = 343), 4.8-6.8 (n = 341), and ≥ 6.8 (n = 344). Restricted cubic spline was used to assess the association of BUN with in-hospital mortality. Multivariate analysis was performed to identify the independent risk factors for adverse outcomes.

Results: The in-hospital mortality reached 7.4%, while the 6-month mortality was 9.8%. The restricted cubic spline plot exhibited an approximately linear relationship between BUN and in-hospital mortality. Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis showed that the optimal cut-off of BUN for predicting in-hospital death was 6.8 mmol/L. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that patients with BUN > 6.8 mmol/L had a higher 6-month mortality than other groups (log rank = 97.9, P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis indicated that BUN > 6.8 mmol/L was an independent predictor indicator for both in-hospital [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 2.365, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.292-4.328, P = 0.005] and 6-month mortality [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) = 2.171, 95% CI 1.355-3.479, P = 0.001].

Conclusions: BUN is suitable for independently predicting short-term mortality in patients with IE.

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