Affiliation:
1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China
2. Translational Medicine Research Center, Fourth Medical Center and Medical Innovation Research Division of the Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China
3. Department of Burn Surgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
Abstract
Background. Although serum calcium has been proven to be a predictor of mortality in a wide range of diseases, its prognostic value in critically ill patients with cardiogenic shock (CS) remains unknown. This retrospective observational study is aimed at investigating the association of admission calcium with mortality among CS patients. Methods. Critically ill patients diagnosed with CS in the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-III (MIMIC-III) database were included in our study. The study endpoints included 30-day, 90-day, and 365-day all-cause mortalities. First, admission serum ionized calcium (iCa) and total calcium (tCa) levels were analyzed as continuous variables using restricted cubic spline Cox regression models to evaluate the possible nonlinear relationship between serum calcium and mortality. Second, patients with CS were assigned to four groups according to the quartiles (Q1-Q4) of serum iCa and tCa levels, respectively. In addition, multivariable Cox regression analyses were used to assess the independent association of the quartiles of iCa and tCa with clinical outcomes. Results. A total of 921 patients hospitalized with CS were enrolled in this study. A nonlinear relationship between serum calcium levels and 30-day mortality was observed (all
values for nonlinear
). Furthermore, multivariable Cox analysis showed that compared with the reference quartile (Q3:
), the lowest serum iCa level quartile (Q1:
) was independently associated with an increased risk of 30-day mortality (Q1 vs. Q3: HR 1.35, 95% CI 1.00-1.83,
), 90-day mortality (Q1 vs. Q3: HR 1.36, 95% CI 1.03-1.80,
), and 365-day mortality (Q1 vs. Q3: HR 1.28, 95% CI 1.01-1.67,
) in patients with CS. Conclusions. Lower serum iCa levels on admission were potential predictors of an increased risk of mortality in critically ill patients with CS.
Funder
Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Medicine Leading Project
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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