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Predictive Factors of Mortality and Causes of Mortality in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Fathia Ehmouda Zaid*, 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, age, male gender, black race and sever disease activity, hypertension, positive anti cardiolipin antibody, renal disease and neurologic disease.

Conclusion: Mortality in patient have SLE during study was (27.8%). The mean age at death in the 33 ± 6 years and most common mortality is disease activity followed infections.