摘要
Objective:To study the spectrum and outcome of severe scrub typhus in adult patients and to predict the hospital mortality by organ failure on admission.Methods:This was a prospective observational cohort study conducted between July 2017 and October 2020 at the medical emergency centre of PGIMER,Chandigarh,India.One hundred and twenty-six patients aged≥13 years were diagnosed with scrub typhus.Severe disease was defined as the presence of organ failure based on the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment(SOFA)score on admission.Results:About two-thirds of the patients were from geographic regions outside the endemic sub-Himalayan belt.Fever(99.21%)and dyspnea(79.36%)were the most frequent complaints.Respiratory failure(81.75%)was the most common organ failure,followed by hepatic(52.38%),coagulative(47.62%),circulatory(33.33%),renal(21.43%),and cerebral dysfunction(13.49%).The median(Q1,Q3)SOFA score was 8(6,9),and 48.41%of the patients had a quick-SOFA score≥2.Organ supports with invasive ventilation(40.48%),vasopressors(36.51%),and renal replacement therapy(7.14%)were frequently required.The in-hospital mortality was 11.90% and was independently predicted by circulatory and hepatic failures on multivariate logistic regression(OR 11.12,95%CI 1.73-71.31 and OR 8.49,95%CI 1.18-61.41,respectively).Conclusions:Most patients had pulmonary dysfunction;circulatory or hepatic failure on admission strongly predicts death.
