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Acute pyelonephritis in adults: prediction of mortality and failure of treatment Efstathiou SP; Pefanis AV; Tsioulos DI; Zacharos ID; Tsiakou AG; Mitromaras AG; Mastorantonakis SE; Kanavaki SN; Mountokalakis TDArch Intern Med 2003[May]; 163 (10): 1206-12BACKGROUND: To formulate a classification tool for early recognition of patients admitted with acute pyelonephritis (AP) who are at high risk for failure of treatment or for death. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of 225 patients (102 men) admitted with AP. We considered 13 potential risk factors in a multivariate analysis. RESULTS: Recent hospitalization, previous use of antibiotics, and immunosuppression were found to be independent correlates of the prevalence of resistant pathogens in both sexes. Additional predictors included nephrolithiasis in women and a history of recurrent AP in men. Prolonged hospitalization should be expected for a man with diabetes and long-term catheterization who is older than 65 years or for a woman of any age with the same characteristics, when the initial treatment was changed according to the results of urine culture. For mortality prediction, we derived an integer-based scoring system with 6 points for shock, 4 for bedridden status, 4 for age greater than 65 years, and 3 for previous antibiotic treatment for men and 6 points for shock, 4 for bedridden status, 4 for age greater than 65 years, and 3 for immunosuppression for women. Among patients with at least 11 points, the risk for in-hospital death was 100% for men and 91% for women. CONCLUSIONS: Simple variables available at presentation can be used for risk stratification of patients with AP. The additional identification of certain risk factors by means of a carefully obtained history could contribute to early recognition of patients infected by resistant bacteria and optimize the selection of antimicrobial agents.|Adult[MESH]|Age Factors[MESH]|Aged[MESH]|Anti-Bacterial Agents/*therapeutic use[MESH]|Chi-Square Distribution[MESH]|Drug Resistance, Microbial[MESH]|Female[MESH]|Hospital Mortality[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data[MESH]|Male[MESH]|Middle Aged[MESH]|Predictive Value of Tests[MESH]|Pyelonephritis/*drug therapy/*mortality[MESH]|Retrospective Studies[MESH]|Risk Assessment[MESH]|Risk Factors[MESH]|Treatment Failure[MESH] |
