Variations in infection sites and mortality rates among patients in intensive care units with severe sepsis and septic shock in Japan

Variations in infection sites and mortality rates among patients in intensive care units with severe sepsis and septic shock in Japan

Abstract Background Accurate and early identification of infection sites might help to drive crucial decisions regarding the treatment of sepsis. We aimed to determine the clinical and etiological features of infection according to sites among patients with severe sepsis in Japan. Methods This secon...

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Main Authors: Toshikazu Abe, Hiroshi Ogura, Shigeki Kushimoto, Atsushi Shiraishi, Takehiro Sugiyama, Gautam A. Deshpande, Masatoshi Uchida, Isao Nagata, Daizoh Saitoh, Seitaro Fujishima, Toshihiko Mayumi, Toru Hifumi, Yasukazu Shiino, Taka-aki Nakada, Takehiko Tarui, Yasuhiro Otomo, Kohji Okamoto, Yutaka Umemura, Joji Kotani, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Junichi Sasaki, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kazuma Yamakawa, Tomohiko Masuno, Naoshi Takeyama, Norio Yamashita, Hiroto Ikeda, Masashi Ueyama, Satoshi Fujimi, Satoshi Gando, on behalf of JAAM FORECAST group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Heterogeneity
Survival
Therapy
Sepsis
Infection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-019-0383-3

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