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. 2024 Feb 23:11:20499361241231147.
doi: 10.1177/20499361241231147. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.

Acute kidney injury should not be neglected - optimization of quick Pitt bacteremia score for predicting mortality in critically ill patients with bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study

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Acute kidney injury should not be neglected - optimization of quick Pitt bacteremia score for predicting mortality in critically ill patients with bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study

Jiaqi Cai et al. Ther Adv Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Background: Considering the therapeutic difficulties and mortality associated with bloodstream infection (BSI), it is essential to investigate other potential factors affecting mortality in critically ill patients with BSI and examine the utility of the quick Pitt bacteremia (qPitt) score to improve the survival rate.

Objectives: To improve the predictive accuracy of the qPitt scoring system by evaluating the five current components of qPitt and including other potential factors influencing mortality in critically ill patients with BSI.

Design: This was a retrospective cohort study.

Methods: Medical information from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database was used in this retrospective cohort study. The risk factors associated with mortality were examined using a multivariate logistic regression model. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to assess the discriminatory capability of the prediction models.

Results: In total, 1240 eligible critically ill patients with BSI were included. After adjustment for age, community-onset BSI, indwelling invasive lines, and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ⩽ 8, acute kidney injury (AKI) was identified as a notable risk factor for 14-day mortality. Except for altered mental status, the four other main components of the original qPitt were significantly associated with 14-day mortality. Hence, we established a modified qPitt (m-qPitt) by adding AKI and replacing altered mental status with GCS ⩽ 8. The AUCs for m-qPitt and qPitt were 0.723 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.683-0.759] and 0.708 (95% CI: 0.669-0.745) in predicting 14-day mortality, respectively. Moreover, m-qPitt also had acceptable performance and discrimination power [0.700 (95% CI: 0.666-0.732)] in predicting 28-day mortality.

Conclusion: AKI significantly influenced the survival of critically ill patients with BSIs. Compared with the original qPitt, our new m-qPitt was proven to have a better predictive performance for mortality in critically ill patients with BSI. Further studies should be conducted to validate the practicality of m-qPitt.

Keywords: Glasgow Coma Scale; acute kidney injury; bloodstream infection; mortality; quick Pitt bacteremia score.

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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1.
Study design.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the m-qPitt score for predicting 14-day mortality of critically ill patients with bloodstream infection. The area under the curve was 0.723 (95% CI: 0.669–0.745) for m-qPitt and 0.700 (95% CI: 0.659–0.738) for qPitt. m-qPitt, modified quick Pitt bacteremia.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
The Kaplan–Meier 14-day survival curve of critically ill patients with bloodstream infection stratified by the m-qPitt score at the cut-off value (m-qPitt ⩾ 3). Log-rank test: p value < 0.001. m-qPitt, modified quick Pitt bacteremia.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the m-qPitt score for predicting 28-day mortality of critically ill patients with bloodstream infection. The area under the curve was 0.700 (95% CI: 0.666–0.732) for m-qPitt and 0.662 (95% CI: 0.626–0.695) for qPitt. m-qPitt, modified quick Pitt bacteremia.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
The Kaplan–Meier 28-day survival curve of critically ill patients with bloodstream infection stratified by the m-qPitt score at the cut-off value (m-qPitt ⩾ 3). Log-rank test: p-value < 0.001. m-qPitt, modified quick Pitt bacteremia.

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