Ahmed Y Al Ameer
Assessment of the Quality of Multiple-Choice Questions in the Surgery Course for an Integrated Curriculum, University of Bisha College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
Cureus
immunosuppressive immunomodulatory treatments developed recent years result better understanding pathophysiology systemic rheumatic diseases srds improve prognosis despite medical advances individuals srds stage may require intensive care high mortality rate aim study investigate demographic clinical characteristics patients rheumatic diseases admitted intensive care unit icu factors associated risk mortality retrospective crosssectional study included patients rheumatic diseases medical icu factors icu 28day mortality identified multiplevariable logistic analysis total 127 patients srds admitted medical icu enrolled systemic lupus erythematosus sle 323 common diagnosis srds patients admitted icu reasons admission icu combined infection primary srd flareup 354 primary srd flareup 22 srdunrelated reasons 22 infection 173 drug side effects 39 srdrelated complications 08 common organ dysfunctions 496 772 admission icu respiratory system 28day mortality 78 614 maximum procalcitonin serum lactate blood urea nitrogen bun levels higher nonsurvivor group platelet serum albumin levels statistically significantly lower survivor group p 005 acute respiratory failure arf presence septic shock need invasive mechanical ventilation imv bun level low plateletlymphocyte ratio plr significant final multiplevariable model significant predictors mortality patients rheumatic diseases may include arf septic shock need imv high bun low plr levels