Detecting Sepsis in Patients with Severe Subarachnoid Hemorrhage during Critical Care.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Sepsis and septic shock continue to have a very high mortality rate. Therefore, the last consensus-based sepsis guideline introduced the sepsis related organ failure assessment (SOFA) score to ensure a rapid diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. In neurosurgical patients, especially those patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), there are considerable difficulties in interpreting the SOFA score. Therefore, our study was designed to evaluate the applicability of the SOFA for critical care patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Methods: Our retrospective monocentric study was registered (NCT05246969) and approved by the local ethics committee (# 211/18). Patients admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery at the Frankfurt University Hospital were enrolled during the study peri

SUBMITTER: Flinspach AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9319068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature