Journal
LUNG
Volume 193, Issue 1, Pages 25-30Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-014-9669-3
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Surfactant protein D (SP-D); A/H1N1 virus; Influenza; ARDS; Mortality; Biomarker
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- Fondo Sectorial de Investigacion en Salud y Seguridad Social (FOSISSS) from the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) [127002]
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Surfactant protein D (SP-D) plays an important role in the innate responses against pathogens and its production is altered in lung disorders. 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. 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 a parts per thousand yen250 ng/mL were associated with increased the risk of death (HR = 8.27, 95 % CI 1.1-64.1, p = 0.043). 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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