Abstract:Objective To explore the relationship between the variation in the serum level of glutamine (Gln) and the hospital-acquired infection (HAI) in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) patients treated with enteral nutrition.Methods A total of 115 aSAH patients treated in our hospital from November 2015 to August 2019 were included and divided into HAI group and non-HAI group according to whether they developed HAI during the hospitalization. The clinical data, including the differences of the plasma levels of C-reactive protein (ΔCRP), albumin (ΔALB), and tumor necrosis factor-α (ΔTNF-α) as well as the decline rate of Gln between the first day and the second day after admission, were compared between the two groups. The multivariable Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the factors associated with the occurrence of HAI, and the nomogram model was established and validated.Results There was no difference in the sex composition, length of hospital stay, the grade of Hunt and Hess Scale, body mass index (BMI), systolic pressure, proportion of patients with hypertension, or the location of the aneurysms (P > 0.05), while the age was older and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus was higher in the HAI group compared with the non-HAI group (P < 0.05). There was no difference in ΔALB, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol or fasting blood glucose (P > 0.05). The ΔCRP, ΔTNF-α and the decline rate of Gln in the HAI group were higher than those in the non-HAI group (P < 0.05), and the hemoglobin level in the HAI group was lower than that in the non-HAI group (P < 0.05). The multivariable Logistic regression analysis revealed that ΔCRP [O^R = 1.750 (95% CI: 1.148, 2.668) ] and the decline rate of Gln [O^R = 2.219 (95% CI: 1.536, 3.207) ] were independent risk factors for the occurrence of HAI in aSAH patients (P < 0.05), while hemoglobin [O^R = 0.930, (95% CI: 0.886, 0.976) ] was an independent protective factor (P < 0.05). The consistency index of the nomogram for predicting the occurrence of HAI was 0.920 (95% Cl: 0.876, 0.939).Conclusions The decline rate of Gln in aSAH patients treated with enteral nutrition correlates with the occurrence of HAI. The nomogram model established via combining the variation in the Gln level exhibits a great predictive value for the occurrence of HAI.