Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of patients with sepsis caused by intra-abdominal infection in the intensive care unit: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective cohort study in Korea

Abstract Background Sepsis is the most common cause of death in hospitals, and intra-abdominal infection (IAI) accounts for a large portion of the causes of sepsis. We investigated the clinical outcomes and factors influencing mortality of patients with sepsis due to IAI. Methods This post-hoc analy...

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Main Authors: Chan Hee Park, Jeong Woo Lee, Hak Jae Lee, Dong Kyu Oh, Mi Hyeon Park, Chae-Man Lim, Suk-Kyung Hong, the Korean Sepsis Alliance (KSA) investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07837-x