Prognostic nutritional index is useful for predicting the prognosis of patients with infective endocarditis undergoing surgery: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the predictive efficacy of preoperative prognostic nutritional index (PNI) for clinical outcomes in patients with infective endocarditis (IE) undergoing surgical treatment.

Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted on 373 IE patients who underwent cardiac valve surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2023. According to the preoperative PNI scores, patients were divided into the malnourished group (132 cases) and the well-nourished group (241 cases). Univariate and multivariate Logistic regression analyses were used to explore the association between preoperative PNI and postoperative in-hospital mortality as well as 1-year all-cause mortality.

SUBMITTER: Abulimiti K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12558796 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature