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AKI patients were significantly older, had higher BMI, more often diabetes and COPD, had received more often colloids before admission to ICU, and had lower platelet count.
In multivariate analysis, we found that in-hospital mortality was significantly associated with lower Glasgow coma scale, lower platelet count before ICU discharge, and higher number of organ failures.
Patients who were treated on day 5 or less of fever had higher levels of serum albumin (36 ± 5 g/L vs 33 ± 5 g/L, P <.01) and serum ALT (115 ± 155 U/L vs 46 ± 49 U/L, P <.001) as well as a lower platelet count (354 ± 131 vs 403 ± 166, P =.02) than did control patients during the acute phase.
Compared with surviving women, non-surviving women had higher mean values for international normalized ratio (p < 0.0001), levels of serum aspartate aminotransferase (p < 0.0001), serum alanine aminotransferase (p < 0.0001), lactate dehydrogenase (p < 0.0001), and bilirubin (p = 0.040) and lower platelet count (p = 0.005).
By considering the whole cohort of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, determination of the optimal cut-point to identify elevated ECFCs for hemoglobin, white blood cell count and platelet count yielded the following values: hemoglobin 13.7 g/dL or lower, white blood cell count 7.8×109/L or lower, platelet count 400×109/L or lower (Table 2).
We identified higher serum glucose concentration and lower platelet count as further predictors of fatal outcome.
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Acute infections often lead to thrombocytopenia [58], and bloodstream infection is associated with lower platelet counts [221].
However, the relationship with lower levels of TSP-1 (despite lower platelet counts) and mortality could not be decerned in this study population.
Results: DIC patients showed significantly lower platelet counts, fibrinogen and antithrombin levels, and more prolonged prothrombin time throughout the study period.
Patients who experienced persistent AKI or who died were sicker, with higher APACHE III at enrollment, greater use of vasopressors, lower platelet counts, and lower PaO2/FiO2 ratio on the day of AKI development.
Conclusions: The outcome of severe dengue patients requiring ICU admission remains high and the mortality was associated with lower Glasgow coma scale, lower platelet counts and more organ failures.
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