Infections of respiratory or abdominal origin in ICU patients: what are the differences?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are few data related to the effects of different sources of infection on outcome. We used the Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely ill Patients (SOAP) database to investigate differences in the impact of respiratory tract and abdominal sites of infection on organ failure and survival.

Methods

The SOAP study was a cohort, multicenter, observational study which included data from all adult patients admitted to one of 198 participating intensive care units (ICUs) from 24 European countries during the study period. In this substudy, patients were divided into two groups depending on whether, on admission, they had abdominal infection but no respiratory infection or respiratory infection but no abdominal infection. The two groups were compared with respect to patient a

SUBMITTER: Volakli E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2887138 | biostudies-literature | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature