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Author: Delgado, Carlos; Krötzsch, Edgar; Jiménez-Alvarez, Luis A.; Ramírez-Martínez, Gustavo; Márquez-García, Jose E.; Cruz-Lagunas, Alfredo; Morán, Juan; Hernández, Cármen; Sierra-Vargas, Patricia; Avila-Moreno, Federico; Becerril, Carina; Montaño, Martha; Bañales-Méndez, José L.; Zúñiga, Joaquín; Buendía-Roldán, Ivette
Title: Serum Surfactant Protein D (SP-D) is a Prognostic Marker of Poor Outcome in Patients with A/H1N1 Virus Infection
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  • Document date: 2014_12_24
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    Snippet: INTRODUCTION: Surfactant protein D (SP-D) plays an important role in the innate responses against pathogens and its production is altered in lung disorders. METHODS: We studied the circulating levels of SP-D in 37 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to the A/H1N1 virus infection and in 40 healthy controls. Cox logistic regression models were constructed to explore the association of SP-D levels and risk of death. RESULTS: Mortality rate after a 28-day was 32.42 %. Significant h
    Document: INTRODUCTION: Surfactant protein D (SP-D) plays an important role in the innate responses against pathogens and its production is altered in lung disorders. METHODS: We studied the circulating levels of SP-D in 37 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome due to the A/H1N1 virus infection and in 40 healthy controls. Cox logistic regression models were constructed to explore the association of SP-D levels and risk of death. RESULTS: Mortality rate after a 28-day was 32.42 %. Significant higher levels of SP-D were detected in A/H1N1 patients with fatal outcome (p < 0.05). After adjusting for confounding variables, levels of SP-D ≥250 ng/mL were associated with increased the risk of death (HR = 8.27, 95 % CI 1.1–64.1, p = 0.043). CONCLUSIONS: Our results revealed that higher circulating levels of SP-D are associated with higher mortality risk in critically ill A/H1N1 patients. SP-D might be a predictive factor of poor outcomes in viral pneumonia.

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