Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased risk of positive qSOFA score but not with increased ICU admission in patients undergoing ureteral stent placement for ureteral stone and suspected infection
Lee J, Kottooran C, Hinojosa-González D, Yaghoubian A, Uppuluri N, Hanson K, Borofsky M, Eisner B. Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased risk of positive qSOFA score but not with increased ICU admission in patients undergoing ureteral stent placement for ureteral stone and suspected infection. Canadian Urological Association Journal 2022, 16: 430-434. PMID: 36656692, PMCID: PMC9851227, DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.7896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrinary tract infectionUreteral stent placementQuick Sequential Organ Failure AssessmentDevelopment of septic shockPostoperative septic shockObstructing ureteral stonesSeptic shockUreteral stonesDiabetes mellitusPositive qSOFA scoreIntensive care unitStent placementQSOFA scoreNon-DMIncreased riskMulticenter study of patientsSequential Organ Failure AssessmentSevere infectious complicationsInstitutional review board approvalAssociated with increased riskOrgan Failure AssessmentStudy of patientsReview board approvalRisk of septic shockIncreased ICU admission