The importance of high total body water/fat free mass ratio and serial changes in body composition for predicting hospital mortality in patients with severe pneumonia: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to investigate the impact of body composition variables on hospital mortality compared to other predictive factors among patients with severe pneumonia. Additionally, we aimed to monitor the dynamic changes in body composition variables over the course on days 1, 3, and 8 after intensive care unit (ICU) admission for each patient.

Methods

We conducted a prospective study, enrolling patients with severe pneumonia admitted to the medical intensive care unit at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from February 2020 to April 2022. We collected clinical data from all patients and assessed their body composition at 1, 3, and 8 days post-ICU admission. On day 1, we analyzed clinical and body composition variables to predict in-hospital mortality.

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SUBMITTER: Tseng CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437920 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature