Liječnički vjesnik, Vol. 139 No. 3-4, 2017.
Review article
CAUSES OF DEATH OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS: ROLE OF THE SYSTEMIC DISEASE AND COMORBIDITIES
Ivan Padjen
Mislav Cerovec
Miroslav Mayer
Branimir Anić
Abstract
Causes of death and morbidity of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) include the systemic disease itself and a number of comorbidities, most frequently cardiovascular diseases, infections and malignancies. Given the complex relationship between SLE and comorbidities, it is not always possible to ascribe a single cause of death to deceased patients with SLE. In this review we present the most important causes of morbidity and the way they contribute to death in patients with SLE. Furthermore, we analyze the problem of (non)recording of SLE in death certificates of SLE patients. Matching data from at least two different sources – medical charts from a lupus center and a vital statistics database – may improve the recognition of SLE as a cause of death in the general population
Keywords
Systemic lupus erythematosus, causes of death; Cardiovascular diseases; Malignant diseases; Infections
Hrčak ID:
184315
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Publication date:
8.5.2017.
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