Sepsis in mechanically ventilated patients with spinal cord injury: a retrospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective analysis.

Objectives

Sepsis, one of the most frequent and life-threatening complications on intensive care units (ICUs), is associated with a need for mechanical ventilation (MV) as well as adverse respiratory outcomes in hospitalized individuals. However, it has poorly been investigated in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI); a population at high risk for pulmonary and infectious complications.

Setting

Spinal Cord Injury Center, Heidelberg University Hospital.

Methods

Over a 5-year period, 182 individuals with SCI requiring MV during their ICU stay were analyzed. Data assessment included demographics, medical characteristics, focus and causative pathogen of sepsis, length of stay, weaning outcomes, and mortality.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Weiterer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6477786 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature