Profile of organ dysfunction and predictors of mortality in severe scrub typhus infection requiring intensive care admission

Conclusions: In this cohort of severe scrub typhus infection with multi-organ dysfunction, survival was good despite high severity of illness scores. APACHE-II score and duration of fever independently predicted mortality.

Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - August 5, 2014 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Mathew GriffithJohn Victor PeterGunasekaran KarthikKartik RamakrishnaJohn Antony Jude PrakashRajamanickam C KalkiGeorge M VargheseAnugragh ChrispalKishore PichamuthuRamya IyyaduraiOoriapadickal Cherian Abraham Source Type: research