Dose-response relationship between diarrhea quantity and mortality in critical care patients: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown that diarrhea, defined as a dichotomized cutoff, is associated with increased mortality of patients in intensive care units (ICUs). This study aimed to examine the dose-response relationship between the quantity of diarrhea and mortality in ICU patients with newly developed diarrhea.

Methods

We conducted this single-center retrospective cohort study. We consecutively included all adult patients with newly developed diarrhea in the ICU between January 2017 and December 2018. Newly developed diarrhea was defined according to the World Health Organization definition. The consistency of diarrhea was evaluated by the Bristol stool chart scale, and the quantity of diarrhea was assessed on the day when patients newly developed diarrhea. The pr

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925000 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature