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Sepsis-related coagulopathy and in-hospital death risk
Lyons PG et al. Crit Care Med. 2018 May;46(5):73642.
Key clinical point: Risk of hospital mortality increased incrementally with the severity of sepsis-related coagulopathy.
Major finding: Hospital mortality was 25.4% for patients with no sepsis-associated coagulopathy, increasing progressively up to 56.1% for patients in the most severe category.
Study details: A retrospective cohort study including 6,148 consecutive patients hospitalized at a 1,300-bed urban academic medical center between 2010 and 2015.
Disclosures: One author reported institutional funding from Asahi Kasei Pharma America and another noted support from Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation. No other potential conflicts of interest were reported.
Source: Lyons PG et al. Crit Care Med. 2018 May;46(5):73642.
Lyons PG et al. Crit Care Med. 2018 May;46(5):73642.