Research Article

Diagnostic and Prognostic Values of BMPER in Patients with Urosepsis following Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy

Table 2

Parameters of patients with urosepsis 1 day after URSL.

VariableNon urosepsisUrosepsisUrosepticP value
(n=260)(n=31)Shock (n=14)

Age (years)51.2 ± 7.551.7 ± 7.852.9 ± 5.10.735
Gender0.535
 Male126135
 Female134189
DM (n)17114<0.001
BMI22.1 ± 6.423.4 ± 4.423.3 ± 4.00.518
Laterality0.861
 Left134158
 Right126166
Stone site0.137
 Proximal83108
 Middle7652
 Distal100164
Stone size (mm)7.6 ± 2.47.9 ± 3.77.7 ± 2.10.610
Hydronephrosis (cm)2.1 ± 0.31.9 ± 0.42.3 ± 0.30.071
Irrigation pressure0.006
 Low-grade10471
 Medium-grade88114
 High-grade681310
Operation time (min)23.7 ± 5.326.3 ± 4.029.0 ± 3.9<0.001
WBC (109/L)12.6 ± 3.115.4 ± 2.917.5 ± 3.9<0.001
T36.5 ± 0.0839.2 ± 0.239.2 ± 0.2<0.001
HR77 ± 1694 ± 892 ± 9<0.001
MAP90(80,101)77(72,86)64(60,66)<0.001
PiO2/FiO2402 ± 9371 ± 56359 ± 36<0.001
PLT213 ± 32161 ± 51145 ± 34<0.001
CRP12 ± 514 ± 224 ± 4<0.001
PCT1.32 ± 0.612.33 ± 1.143.60 ± 1.19<0.001
BMPER1.23 ± 0.521.62 ± 0.243.53 ± 0.77<0.001
Cr76 ± 16154 ± 35173 ± 33<0.001
Serum albumin37.3 ± 1.931.9 ± 3.231.6 ± 3.3<0.001
Bilirubin11.44(9.83,12.92)22.68(16.04,29.22)24.91(19.89,31.10)<0.001
LAC1.5(1.3,1.5)1.6(1.4,1.8)2.2(2.1,2.3)<0.001

Kruskal-Wallis test. URSL: ureteroscopic lithotripsy; DM: diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; T: temperature; HR: heart rate; MAP: mean arterial pressure; PLT: platelet; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; BMPER: BMP-binding endothelial cell precursor-derived regulator; Cr: creatinine; LAC: lactate.