Delayed Fever and Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Urinary Tract Infection

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Title:	Delayed Fever and Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Urinary Tract Infection
Authors:	Lu, Kun-Lin Hsiao, Chih-Yen Wu, Chao-Yi Yen, Chieh-Li Tsai, Chung-Ying Jenq, Chang-Chyi Lin, Hsing-Lin Huang, Yu-Tung Yang, Huang-Yu
Contributors:	Chang Gung Mem Hosp Linkou, Dept Med Educ Chia Yi Christian Hosp, Ditmanson Med Fdn, Dept Internal Med Chia Nan Univ Pharm & Sci, Dept Hosp & Hlth Care Adm Chang Gung Univ, Chang Gung Mem Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Allergy Asthma & Rheumatol,Coll Med Chang Gung Univ, Chang Gung Mem Hosp, Nephrol Dept, Kidney Res Inst,Coll Med Vet Gen Hosp, Div Crit Care Surg, Dept Crit Care Med Chang Gung Mem Hosp, Ctr Big Data Analyt & Stat Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Policy & Management
Keywords:	urinary tract infection acute kidney injury afebrile urinary tract infection delayed fever baseline renal function length of hospital stay aging leukocytosis
Date:	2020
Issue Date:	2022-11-18 11:25:05 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Mdpi
Abstract:	The presence of fever has long been a warning sign of severe urinary tract infection (UTI). However, we previously identified that inpatients with afebrile UTI had an increased risk of developing acute kidney injury (AKI). After expanding this cohort, 1132 inpatients with UTI diagnosed between January 2006 and April 2019 were analyzed. Overall, 159 (14%) of these patients developed AKI; bacteremia, urolithiasis, septic shock, hypertension, lower baseline renal function, marked leukocytosis, and the absence of fever were independently linked to AKI. When we further studied the cohort of inpatients with fever during hospitalization, we identified a group of delayed fever UTI inpatients who did not have fever as their initial presentation. Compared to patients presenting with fever at the emergency department, patients with delayed fever tended to be younger and have less frequent infection with Escherichia coli, more frequent AKI, upper tract infection, and a longer hospital stay. Despite the initial absence of fever, these patients demonstrated larger extents of elevations in both serum white blood cell counts and C-reactive protein levels. In short, besides UTI patients with lower baseline renal function that remain afebrile during their hospital stay, clinical awareness of the increased incidence of AKI in younger patients with delayed fever should also be noted.
Relation:	Journal of Clinical Medicine, v.9, n.11, pp.11
Appears in Collections:	[Dept. of Hospital and Health (including master's program)] Periodical Articles

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