Epidemiologic features, risk factors, and outcome of sepsis in stroke patients treated on a neurologic intensive care unit
Conclusions: Sepsis seems to be a frequent complication of stroke patients requiring neurologic ICU treatment. Predictors of sepsis acquisition in our study were comorbidities and severity of deterioration of physiological status, but not stroke severity. A better understanding of risk factors is important for prevention and early recognition, whereas knowledge of outcome may help in prognosis prediction. Further studies are needed to clarify the optimal preventive treatment for these patients.
Source: Journal of Critical Care - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Benjamin Berger, Christoph Gumbinger, Thorsten Steiner, Marek Sykora Tags: Administration/Outcomes Source Type: research
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