Hiperferritinemia como factor pronóstico de inmunosupresión en pacientes con síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida

• Main Authors: Palencia Laura, Villalobos-Perozo Rafael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2011
• Subjects: Sida; hiperferritinemia; factor pronóstico; AIDS; hyperferritinemia; prognostic factor; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/8b350709dc7a4c019a133e76b2b2f11c

Abstract: A prospective study was carried out to determine if hyperferritinemia is a predictive factor for immunosuppression in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The population consisted of 40 patients hospitalized at the University Hospital of Maracaibo (Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo), from January to October, 2010. Twenty-seven (67.50%) patients were male and 13 (32.50%) were female. 22.50% had a T CD4+ lymphocyte count between 200-400 cells/mm3 with a mean ferritin of 144.2 ± 127.1 ng/mL; 77.50% had a T CD4+ lymphocyte count of <200 cells/mm3 and a ferritin average of 1100.0 ± 984.7 ng/mL (p = 0.01). An inverse negative correlation was found between high ferritin levels and low T CD4+ lymphocyte count (r = 0.3135, p = 0.030), low numbers of leukocytes (r = 0, 7458 p = 0.012), low levels of protein (r = 0.5814, p = 0.01), and a directly proportional relation with the increase of ESR (r = 0.7422, p = 0.001). In patients who died, the mean ferritin level (1180.0 ± 1,072) statistically (p = 0.018) was higher compared with the average ferritin level (474 ± 440.2) of patients who survived. Conclusions are that these results are sufficiently relevant to take hyperferritinemia into account as a prognostic factor for the immunosuppression of diagnosed AIDS patients. Resumen: Se realiza una investigación prospectiva con el objetivo de determinar si la hiperferritinemia es un factor pronóstico de inmunosupresión en pacientes con síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA). La población estuvo conformada por 40 pacientes hospitalizados en el Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo, durante los meses de Enero a Octubre del 2010. 27 (67,50%) pacientes fueron de sexo masculino y 13 (32,50%) femeninos. El 55,00% presentó hiperferritinemia. 22,50% presentaron contaje de linfocitos T CD4+ entre 200-400 cel/mm3 con un promedio de ferritina de 144,2 ± 127,1 ng/mL y, el 77,50% contaje de linfocitos T CD4+ < 200 cel/mm3 con un promedio de ferritina de 1100,0 ± 984,7 ng/mL (p = 0,01). Se demostró ...