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End-stage renal disease as a risk factor for epiglottitis: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Patients with uremia are prone to infection; however, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as a risk factor for acute epiglottitis warrants study. We investigated the risk of severe epiglottitis requiring hospitalisation in patients with ESRD. SETTING:We conducted a retrospective matched cohort study by using the claims data of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. PARTICIPANTS:We identified an ESRD cohort with 87 908 patients newly diagnosed in 2000-2013 and underwent dialysis. The non-ESRD cohort comprised patients who had not received a diagnosis of ESRD, and they were matches to the ESRD cohort (1:1) by sex, age, residence urbanisation level, monthly income, and diabetes and hypertension status. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES:The cumulative incidence of epiglottitis at the end of 2013 was analysed with Kaplan-Meier methods and log-rank tests. The HR of epiglottitis was calculated using the Cox proportional hazards model after adjustment for confounding factors. RESULTS:The overall epiglottitis incidence rate was 94% greater in the ESRD cohort than in the non-ESRD cohort (10.3 vs 5.3 cases per 100 000 person-years, p=0.002), with an adjusted HR of 1.89 (95% CI: 1.23 to 2.91, p=0.004). In the log-rank analysis, compared with the non-ESRD group, the epiglottitis cumulative incidence was significantly higher in the ESRD group (p=0.003). Epiglottitis did not exhibit an association with higher rates of airway interventions, intensive care unit admissions or longer hospitalisation in patients with ESRD than in controls. CONCLUSIONS:This nationwide matched cohort study indicated that ESRD patients should be monitored for the risk of severe epiglottitis requiring hospitalisation.

SUBMITTER: Tsai YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640511 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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End-stage renal disease as a risk factor for epiglottitis: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan.

Tsai Yao-Te YT   Tsai Ming-Shao MS   Hsu Cheng-Ming CM   Fang Ku-Hao KH   Huang Ethan I EI   Liu Chia-Yen CY   Lin Meng-Hung MH   Yang Yao-Hsu YH   Lee Yi-Chan YC   Chang Geng-He GH  

BMJ open 20201103 11


<h4>Objectives</h4>Patients with uremia are prone to infection; however, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as a risk factor for acute epiglottitis warrants study. We investigated the risk of severe epiglottitis requiring hospitalisation in patients with ESRD.<h4>Setting</h4>We conducted a retrospective matched cohort study by using the claims data of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database.<h4>Participants</h4>We identified an ESRD cohort with 87 908 patients newly diagnosed in 2000-20  ...[more]

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