Association Between Partial Pressure of Arterial Carbon Dioxide and Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients Diagnosed With Sepsis in the Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to test the association between the partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and survival to hospital discharge among mechanically ventilated patients diagnosed with sepsis in the emergency department.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of a single center trial registry.

Setting

Academic medical center.

Patients

Mechanically ventilated emergency department patients.

Inclusion criteria

age 18 years and older, diagnosed with sepsis in the emergency department, and mechanical ventilation initiated in the emergency department.

Interventions

Arterial blood gases obtained after initiation of mechanical ventilation were analyzed. The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge. We tested the association

SUBMITTER: Roberts BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5825256 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature