Persistent lymphopenia is a risk factor for ICU-acquired infections and for death in ICU patients with sustained hypotension at admission

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Adrie, Christophe ^a,b,h   Lugosi, Maxime ^c,h   Sonneville, Romain ^d   Souweine, Bertrand ^e,h   Ruckly, Stéphane ^f,h   Cartier, Jean Charles ^c   Garrouste Orgeas, Maité ^g   Schwebel, Carole ^c,h   Timsit, Jean François ^d,f,h   Azoulay, Elie ^h   Cohen, Yves ^h   Garrouste Orgeas, Maïté ^h   Soufir, Lilia ^h   Zahar, Jean Ralph ^h   Darmon, Michael ^h   Alberti, Corinne ^h   Clec’h, Christophe ^h   Français, Adrien ^h   Vesin, Aurélien ^h   Ruckly, Stephane ^h   Lecorre, Frederik ^h   Nakache, Didier ^h   Vannieuwenhuyze, Aurélien ^h   Allaouchiche, Bernard ^h   Ara Somohano, Claire ^h   Argault, Laurent ^h   Bonadona, Agnès ^h   Bornstain, Caroline ^h   Bouadma, Lila ^h   Boyer, Alexandre ^h   Cheval, Christine ^h   Colin, Jean Pierre ^h   Dumenil, Anne Sylvie ^h   Descorps Declere, Adrien ^h   Fosse, Jean Philippe ^h   Hamidfar Roy, Rebecca ^h   Jamali, Samir ^h   Khallel, Hatem ^h   Laplace, Christian ^h   Lautrette, Alexandre ^h   Lazard, Thierry ^h   Le Miere, Eric ^h   Marcotte, Guillaume ^h   Montesino, Laurent ^h   Mourvillier, Bruno ^h   Misset, Benoît ^h   Moreau, Delphine ^h   Pigné, Etienne ^h   Troché, Gilles ^h   Thuong, Marie ^h   Thierry, Guillaume ^h   Toledano, Dany ^h   Vantalon, Eric ^h   Tournegros, Caroline ^h   Ferrand, Loïc ^h   Kaddour, Nadira ^h   Berthe, Boris ^h   Mellouk, Kaouttar ^h   Deiler, Veronique ^h   Tiercelet, Kelly ^h   Letrou, Sophie ^h   Théodose, Igor ^h   Fournier, Julien ^h   more..

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

^b DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Absolute lymphocyte count; ICU; Immunosuppression; Infection; Nosocomial; Shock; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 85015802538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-017-0242-0     Document Type: Article

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