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Defining Fulminant Clostridioides difficile Infections: Assessing the Utility of Hypotension as a Diagnostic Criterion

  • By

  • Hubert C Chua

  • Taryn A Eubank

  • Allen Lee

  • Krishna Rao

  • Jinhee Jo

  • Kevin W Garey

  • Anne J Gonzales-Luna

  • January 22, 2025

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    Fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection (FCDI) has a mortality rate of 30%–40% and is associated with severe complications.

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    The study evaluated hypotension definitions to improve FCDI severity classification, focusing on SBP ≤90 mm Hg and MAP ≤65 mm Hg.

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    Multicenter cohorts from Houston and the Midwest validated the importance of hypotension in predicting poor outcomes in FCDI.

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    Inclusion of hypotension as a criterion significantly enhanced the predictive ability for identifying high-risk FCDI patients.

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    The absence of a clear hypotension definition in existing guidelines complicates the assessment of FCDI severity.

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Defining Fulminant Clostridioides difficile Infections: Assessing the Utility of Hypotension as a Diagnostic Criterion

  • by Hubert C Chua, Taryn A Eubank, Allen Lee, Krishna Rao, Jinhee Jo, Kevin W Garey, Anne J Gonzales-Luna

  • January 22, 2025

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