Lorente L, Martín MM, Pérez-Cejas A, González-Rivero AF, Ramos-Gómez L, Solé-Violán J, Cáceres JJ, Cabrera J, Uribe L, Ferrer-Moure C, Jiménez A. Mortality prediction of patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage by serum soluble Fas ligand concentrations.
Expert Rev Mol Diagn 2021;
22:233-238. [PMID:
34894981 DOI:
10.1080/14737159.2022.2017775]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
A study of patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SIH) found a higher content of Fas ligand in the perihematomic brain area compared to healthy brain areas. The objective of this study was to analyze whether blood soluble Fas ligand (sFasL) concentrations could be used to estimate the prognosis of SIH patients.
METHODS
Observational and prospective study performed in five Spanish Intensive Care Units. Patients with severe supratentorial SIH, defined as Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) <9, were included. Serum sFasL levels were determined at the time of diagnosis of severe SIH. Mortality at 30 days was the end-point study.
RESULTS
Surviving SIH patients (n = 41) compared to nonsurvivors (n = 38) showed lower serum sFasL levels (p < 0.001). The area under curve of mortality prediction for serum sFasL levels was 0.79 (95% CI = 0.70-0.89; p < 0.001). Multiple logistic regression analysis found an association of serum sFasL concentrations with 30-day mortality (ORo = 1,034; 95% CI = 1,010-1,058; p = 0,006) after controlling for midline shift, early hematoma evacuation, and intracerebral hemorrhage score.
CONCLUSIONS
The capability of serum sFasL to predict SIH patient mortality is the main novel finding of our study.
ABBREVIATIONS
APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; aPTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; FIO2: fraction of inspired oxygen; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; INR: international normalized ratio; PaO2: pressure of arterial oxygen.
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