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We investigated the association between eosinophil measurements, including early trajectories, and in-hospital mortality in a large sepsis cohort. Materials and Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study of adult patients hospitalized with sepsis between 2021 and 2024 at a tertiary referral center. Absolute eosinophil counts were assessed at admission, at eosinophil nadir, and dynamically at approximately 48 and 72 h. Eosinophil trajectories were categorized as persistently undetectable, decrease, non-decrease, or rise from undetectable. Multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for demographic factors, comorbidities, and markers of disease severity were used to evaluate associations with in-hospital mortality. Results: Among 3932 patients, in-hospital mortality was 48.5%. Static eosinophil measures at admission and at eosinophil nadir were lower in non-survivors but were not independently associated with mortality after adjustment. Pancytopenia at eosinophil nadir was independently associated with increased mortality (OR 1.65, 95% CI 1.37\u20131.99). In contrast, eosinophil dynamics provided additional prognostic information. A decrease in eosinophil counts at 72 h was independently associated with higher mortality (OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.08\u20131.91), while 48 h changes were not. Persistently undetectable eosinophil trajectories were associated with the highest mortality, whereas recovery from undetectable levels was associated with lower risk. Conclusions: In sepsis, static eosinophil counts lack independent prognostic value, whereas delayed eosinophil decline and persistently suppressed trajectories are associated with increased in-hospital mortality. Eosinophil dynamics were associated with in-hospital mortality and may provide additional information on the host response during sepsis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina62040640","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]],"date-time":"2026-03-27T14:33:33Z","timestamp":1774622013000},"page":"640","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Static and Dynamic Eosinophil Measures and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Sepsis: A Retrospective Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"62","author":[{"given":"Florentina","family":"Mu\u0219at","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9053-0018","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Octavian","family":"Andronic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"Innovation and eHealth Center, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, 010451 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"C.F.2 Clinical Hospital, 011464 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alexandra","family":"Bolocan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"General Surgery Department, University Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, 050098 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-5145-5404","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cosmin-Alexandru","family":"Palc\u0103u","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"C.F.2 Clinical Hospital, 011464 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alina Mihaela","family":"Dobre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"C.F.2 Clinical Hospital, 011464 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Ion","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"General Surgery Department, University Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, 050098 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dan Nicolae","family":"P\u0103duraru","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania"},{"name":"C.F.2 Clinical Hospital, 011464 Bucharest, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"200","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(19)32989-7","article-title":"Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990\u20132017: Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study","volume":"395","author":"Rudd","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"239","DOI":"10.1186\/s13054-020-02950-2","article-title":"Mortality in sepsis and septic shock in Europe, North America and Australia between 2009 and 2019\u2014results from a systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"24","author":"Bauer","year":"2020","journal-title":"Crit. 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