Clinical significance of dynamic variation of low cholesterol and its prognostic value in patients with pyogenic liver abscesses: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Serum lipids variations are closely related to the sepsis progression; however, their value for patients with pyogenic liver abscesses (PLA) has rarely been studied. We investigated the serum lipid level variations in patients with PLA and its predictive value to the disease.

Methods

The study included 328 patients with PLA hospitalized in the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2017 to December 2021; 35 (10.67%) in the severe group (SG) and 293 (89.33%) in the non-severe group (nSG). Their clinical records were analyzed retrospectively, and dynamic curves were drawn to clarify the changes in different indicators during the course of the disease.

Results

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein c

SUBMITTER: Feng T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9901086 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature