Epidemiology of sepsis and septic shock in intensive care units between sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 populations: sepsis prognostication in intensive care unit and emergency room (SPICE-ICU)

Abstract Background Diagnosing sepsis remains difficult because it is not a single disease but a syndrome with various pathogen- and host factor-associated symptoms. Sepsis-3 was established to improve risk stratification among patients with infection based on organ failures, but it has been still c...

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Main Authors: Toshikazu Abe, Kazuma Yamakawa, Hiroshi Ogura, Shigeki Kushimoto, Daizoh Saitoh, Seitaro Fujishima, Yasuhiro Otomo, Joji Kotani, Yutaka Umemura, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Junichi Sasaki, Yasukazu Shiino, Naoshi Takeyama, Takehiko Tarui, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Taka-aki Nakada, Toru Hifumi, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Masashi Ueyama, Norio Yamashita, Tomohiko Masuno, Hiroto Ikeda, Akira Komori, Hiroki Iriyama, Satoshi Gando, for the JAAM SPICE Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Intensive Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-020-00465-0