Risk factors for catheter-related bloodstream infection and expressions of TGF-β1/Smads signaling pathways in hemodialysis patients
OBJECTIVE To explore the risk factors for catheter-related bloodstream infection(CRBSI)and expres-sions of transforming growth factor-β1(TGF-β1)/Smads signaling pathways in the hemodialysis patients.METHODS From Jan 2020 to Jan 2023,totally 72 patients who underwent hemodialysis in Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital and were complicated with CRBSI were assigned as the CRBSI group,meanwhile,72 patients who un-derwent hemodialysis and were not complicated with CRBSI were set as the control group.The risk factors for the CRBSI in the hemodialysis patients were analyzed.The levels of serum TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 were compared between the two groups of patients,and the values of the single and joint detection of the three indexes in diagno-sis of CRBSI were analyzed.RESULTS The result of multivariate analysis showed that femoral venous catheteriza-tion,diabetes mellitus,no less than 3 years of dialysis and albumin level less than 30 g/L were the risk factors for the CRBSI in the hemodialysis patients(P<0.05).The levels of serum TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 of the CRBSI group were higher than those of the control group(P<0.05).The area under curve(AUC)value of the joint de-tection of TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 was greater than that of the single detection(P<0.05);the sensitivity of the joint detection was 86.11%,with the specificity 83.33%.CONCLUSION The hemodialysis patients complicat-ed with CRBSI show upregulated levels of TGF-β1/Smads pathways.The joint detection of TGF-β1,Smad2 and Smad3 has high value in diagnosis of CRBSI.The risk factors for the CRBSI include the femoral venous catheter-ization,diabetes mellitus,long time of catheter indwelling,no less than 3 years of dialysis and albumin level less than 30 g/L.