Objectives: To investigate whether initial blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in the emergency department (ED) are associated with mortality in elderly patients with genitourinary tract infections. Methods: A total of 541 patients with genitourinary tract infections in 5 EDs between November 2016 and February 2017 were included and retrospectively reviewed. We assessed age, sex, comorbidities, vital signs, and initial laboratory results, including BUN, NLR and the SOFA criteria. The primary outcome was all-cause in-hospital mortality. Results: The nonsurvivor group included 32 (5.9%) elderly patients, and the mean arterial pressure (MAP), NLR and BUN were significantly higher in this group than in the survivor group (p < 0.001, p ¼ 0.003, p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, MAP <70 mmHg, NLR 23.8 and BUN >28 mg/dl were shown to be independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality (OR 3.62, OR 2.51, OR 2.76: p ¼ 0.002, p ¼ 0.033, p ¼ 0.038, respectively). Additionally, NLR 23.8 and BUN >28 were shown to be independent risk factors for mortality in admitted elderly with complicated UTI (p ¼ 0.030, p ¼ 0.035). When BUN and NLR were combined with MAP, the area under the ROC curve (AUROC) value was 0.807 (0.771e0.839) for the prediction of mortality, the sensitivity was 87.5% (95% CI 71.0e96.5), and the specificity was 61.3% (95% CI 56.9e65.5%). Conclusion: The initial BUN and NLR values with the MAP were good predictors associated with all-cause in-hospital mortality among elderly genitourinary tract infections visiting the ED.
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