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Presenting Symptoms Independently Predict Mortality in Septic Shock

Authors :
Corey L. Pasakarnis
Trent D. Gillingham
Michael R. Filbin
Saurav Nepal
Chanu Rhee
Thomas Heldt
James C. Lynch
Minoru Matsushima
Jill E. Thorsen
Andrew T. Reisner
Source :
Critical Care Medicine. 46:1592-1599
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.

Abstract

Objectives:Presenting symptoms in patients with sepsis may influence rapidity of diagnosis, time-to-antibiotics, and outcome. We tested the hypothesis that vague presenting symptoms are associated with delayed antibiotics and increased mortality. We further characterized individual presenting sympto

Details

ISSN :
00903493
Volume :
46
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Critical Care Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........fb7a95cea35436122e53d80686d87fdd
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000003260