Abstract:
Objective To explore the expression of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells in peripheral blood of acute cerebral infarction patients with pulmonary infection, and to analyze the value of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells combined with hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in the diagnosis of pulmonary infection in patients with acute cerebral infarction.
Methods A total of 50 acute cerebral infarction patients with pulmonary infection who were diagnosed the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University from June 2019 to December 2020 were selected as a study group.Meanwhile,50 acute cerebral infarction patients without pulmonary infection were selected as a control group.Both groups were compared for clinical data and the expression of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells.Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to screen the risk factors of pulmonary infection after acute cerebral infarction, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to evaluate the diagnostic value of the percentage of CD4
+NKG2D
+T, hs-CRP and its combination in acute cerebral infarction patients with pulmonary infection.
Results Compared with the non-pulmonary infection group, the pulmonary infection group presented increases in the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale(NIHSS) score and dysphagia, the levels of serum IL-6 and hs-CRP, and the levels of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells in peripheral blood (
P<0.05).According to univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses, the increased percentage of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells and hs-CRP were risk factors for pulmonary infection patients with acute cerebral infarction. The percentage of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells and hs-CRP were used to predict their values in the diagnosis of pulmonary infection in patients with acute cerebral infarction.The area under the ROC curve (AUC) of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells and hs-CRP were 0.941 and 0.814, while the AUC of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells and hs-CRP increased to 0.962.
Conclusions The percentage of CD4
+NKG2D
+T cells combined with hs-CRP has better diagnostic value for pulmonary infection in acute cerebral infarction and can be used as an early predictive marker of pulmonary infection in acute cerebral infarction.