Outcomes of Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock Requiring Source Control: A Prospective Observational Single-Center Study

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: Source control is important in management of septic shock. We studied differences in outcomes of patients with sepsis and septic shock who required source control intervention compared with those who did not need such intervention and the effect of the timing of source control on various clinical outcomes.

DESIGN:

Prospective observational study from February 28, 2020, to March 31, 2021.

SETTING:

Medical ICU of academic quaternary medical center.

PATIENTS:

Two hundred five adult (≥18 yr) ICU patients.

INTERVENTIONS:

None.

MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:

Patients were divided into a medical treatment group and a source control group. Patients requiring source control were further divided into early (intervention performed < 24 hr) and

SUBMITTER: Naqvi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9722751 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature