Rheumatology: Current Research
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Department of Rheumatology, Benghazi University, Benghazi, Libya

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• Research Article   
  Predictive Factors of Mortality and Causes of Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  Author(s): Fathia Ehmouda Zaid* and Eyans Elmashitai
  
  Introduction: Our study was to assessment morbidity and causes of death in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and assessment prognostic factors predictors of mortality. Patients and methods: Follow up study patients were diagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus registered at the Rheumatology clinic in between 2009-2020 was performed. Results: 79 patients with diagnosed systemic lupus erythematous the mean age group affected is 36 ± 8 years, female are affected more than male. Most patients have a relapsing and remitting course and continuously active disease, most common morbidity is hypertension, recurrent infection, diabetes, pulmonary hypertension and renal failure and hemodialysis. The most common mortality is Lupus nephritis followed infections and prognostic factors influencing survival in our study, .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35841/2161-1149.22.12.310

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