Open AccessPredictors of systemic inflammatory response syndrome following percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Author(s) -
Karunamoorthy Ramaraju,
Arun Kumar Paranjothi,
Dhinakar Babu Namperumalsamy,
Ilamparuthi Chennakrishnan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.192108
Subject(s) - percutaneous nephrolithotomy , medicine , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , inflammatory response , percutaneous , inflammation , sepsis
Sepsis remains one of the dreaded complications of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). To analyze prospectively the preoperative and intraoperative factors that predict the occurrence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in patients undergoing PCNL so that we can aggressively manage those patients from the preoperative period itself and avert the dangerous complications.