Sepsis

Research from Cooper University provide new insights into sepsis

Published in Hematology Week, February 2nd, 2009

"No studies have specifically evaluated the incidence or clinical characteristics of atrial fibrillation (AF) in a mixed medical-surgical population of patients with sepsis. We undertook to determine the incidence and clinical Course of critically ill septic patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) who developed new-onset AF," investigators in the United States report.

"Retrospective analysis of data collected from the Project IMPACT database on 274 septic patients from July 2003 to December 2004. Sixteen evaluable septic patients with new-onset AF were identified. Mortality was higher (P = .034) and ICU length of stay (LOS) longer (P = .003) in patients with AF vs...

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Source: Hematology Week (2009-02-02)

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