ABSTRACT
Objective:To observe the clinical characteristics of elderly patients with liver failure complicated with fungal infection,and to analyze the factors influencing the prognosis.Method:117 cases of elderly patients with liver failure,who were treated in our hospital from May 2013 to May 2015,were selected as object,according to whether combined with fungal infection,the patients were divided into Fungal infection group (57 cases) and non fungal infection group (60 cases).The differences of liver function index,treatment effective rate and mortality were observed between the two groups;To compare the prognosis of patients with different clinicopathological features,and to explore the factors influencing the prognosis of patients.Results:The scores of ALT,AST and DBIL in patients with fungal infection were significantly higher than those without fungal infection,and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05);The effective rate of the treatment group was significantly lower than that of the non fungal infection group,the mortality rate was higher than that of the non fungal infection group,the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05);The death rate of patients with age was more than or equal to 70 years of age,with diabetes,with fungal infection were higher (P＜0.05);Logistic regression analysis showed that combined with diabetes mellitus,combined with fungal infection was an independent prognostic factor for elderly patients with liver failure (OR=2.982,4.817,P＜0.05).Conclusion:Liver function injury is severe in elderly patients with liver failure,the mortality rate is high,and fungal infection is more serious,and diabetes and fungal infection are risk factors for mortality.