Comparison of five different disseminated intravascular coagulation criteria in predicting mortality in patients with sepsis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Even though patients with sepsis and DIC have a higher mortality rate compared to those without DIC, screening for DIC is not currently part of sepsis management protocols. This may be due to a lack of literature on the frequency of DIC occurrence in sepsis patients, as well as the absence of evidence on the optimal DIC criteria to use for identifying DIC and predicting mortality among the five criteria available. To address this gap, this study investigates the predictive value of five different criteria for diagnosing DIC and its relationship to patient outcomes in our population of sepsis patients.

Methods

In the Medicine department of Aga Khan University Hospital, a retrospective observational study was conducted, enrolling all adult patients with International

SUBMITTER: Zafar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10919643 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature