Prevalence and outcome of sepsis in respiratory intensive care unit

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection.

Objective

To assess the prevalence and outcome of sepsis in RICU

Patients and methods

The study was conducted upon 403 patients admitted at RICU of the Abbassia Chest Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; 100 of them had sepsis either on admission or acquired in the RICU during the period from May 2019 to November 2019. Severity of illness was assessed by Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II score), which was recorded within 24 h from patient admission. Quick sepsis-related organ failure assessment (qSOFA) score was recorded in emergency room, and sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA) score was recorded on ICU admission and on the 3

SUBMITTER: Madkour A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116707 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature