# Therapeutic effects of glucocorticoids in patients with hematologic diseases with neutropenia and severe pneumonia classified by the PSI scores

**Authors:** 述芳 薛, 金华 任, 力津 陈, 小琴 赵, 婷 杨, 建达 胡

PMC · DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn121090-20240624-00234 · Chinese Journal of Hematology · 2024-11-01

## TL;DR

This study examines how glucocorticoids affect patients with blood disorders who have severe pneumonia and neutropenia, finding they may reduce treatment failure.

## Contribution

The novel contribution is identifying glucocorticoids' role in reducing treatment failure in high-risk pneumonia among neutropenic blood disease patients.

## Key findings

- Glucocorticoids significantly reduced treatment failure rates in high-risk pneumonia patients.
- PSI scores were a strong predictor of treatment failure and mortality.
- Glucocorticoids did not increase adverse events like infections or bleeding.

## Abstract

探索糖皮质激素在血液病患者粒细胞缺乏（粒缺）合并肺炎严重指数（pneumonia severity index，PSI）中高危肺炎中的治疗价值。

回顾性分析2016年10月1日至2018年12月31日福建医科大学附属协和医院血液科收治的粒缺合并PSI中高危肺炎的534例血液病患者资料，利用倾向性评分（PSM）调整激素组与非激素组之间基础资料的差异，比较两组患者治疗过程中炎症因子的变化，治疗失败率、死亡率、到达临床稳定状态时间、抗菌药物使用天数及不良反应发生率。

176例患者接受了激素治疗，而358例患者未使用激素。激素组患者炎症因子水平、合并症比例及PSI评分更高。PSM共匹配125对病例。匹配后激素组和非激素组之间的合并症差异减小，但激素组的炎症因子水平仍然较高，接受激素治疗的患者病情较重，而在后续的治疗过程中炎症因子水平的下降更为显著。激素组晚期治疗失败率高于非激素组（39.2％对24.8％，P＝0.015），但主要体现在影像学进展，而呼吸衰竭、机械通气、脓毒性休克等严重并发症的发生率差异无统计学意义。Logistic回归分析显示，糖皮质激素可降低治疗失败率（OR＝0.367，95％CI 0.165～0.818，P＝0.014）。PSI评分高增加治疗失败率（OR＝1.028，95％CI 1.007～1.049，P＝0.008）。激素组与非激素组30 d死亡率差异无统计学意义（8.0％对7.2％，P＝0.811）。PSI评分是30 d死亡的危险因素（OR＝1.077，95％CI 1.032～1.123，P＝0.001）。激素组PSI Ⅴ级患者30 d生存率与PSI Ⅳ级患者比较差异无统计学意义［（87.8±5.1）％对（94.0±2.6）％，P＝0.216］。糖皮质激素并不增加血糖升高、消化道出血和30 d内再感染发生率。

糖皮质激素在血液病患者粒缺合并PSI中高危肺炎的治疗中有助于控制炎症因子水平，可降低PSI Ⅴ级患者治疗失败率及死亡率。

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** pneumonia (MONDO:0005249), neutropenia (MONDO:0001475)

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** CRP (C-reactive protein) [NCBI Gene 1401] {aka PTX1}, IL6 (interleukin 6) [NCBI Gene 3569] {aka BSF-2, BSF2, CDF, HGF, HSF, IFN-beta-2}
- **Diseases:** hematologic diseases (MESH:D006402), Pneumonia (MESH:D011014), neutropenia (MESH:D009503), infection (MESH:D007239), respiratory failure (MESH:D012131), PSI IV (MESH:D045169), V (MESH:D015419), septic shock (MESH:D012772), inflammatory cytokine (MESH:D000080424), hyperglycemia (MESH:D006943), neutropenic (MESH:D044504), gastrointestinal bleeding (MESH:D006471)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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