Coronavirus Disease 2019 as Cause of Viral Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Coronavirus disease 2019 is a heterogeneous disease most frequently causing respiratory tract infection, which can induce respiratory failure and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in its severe forms. The prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019-related sepsis is still unclear; we aimed to describe this in a systematic review.

Data sources

MEDLINE (PubMed), Cochrane, and Google Scholar databases were searched based on a prespecified protocol (International Prospective Register for Systematic Reviews: CRD42020202018).

Study selection

Studies reporting on patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 diagnosed with sepsis according to sepsis-3 or according to the presence of infection-related organ dysfunctions necessitating organ support/replacement were i

SUBMITTER: Karakike E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594513 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature