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Time to clearance of abdominal septic focus and mortality in patients with sepsis
Rafael Barberena Moraes1, Thiago Ferreira Serafini1, Josi Vidart1
1Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Objective:
To assess the relationship between time to focus clearance and hospital mortality in patients with sepsis and septic shock.
Methods:
This was an observational, single-center study with a retrospective analysis of the time to clearance of abdominal septic focus. Patients were classified according to the time to focus clearance into an early (≤ 12 hours) or delayed (> 12 hours) group.
Results:
A total of 135 patients were evaluated. There was no association between time to focus clearance and hospital mortality (≤ 12 hours versus > 12 hours): 52.3% versus 52.9%, with p = 0.137.
Conclusion:
There was no difference in hospital mortality among patients with sepsis or septic shock who had an infectious focus evacuated before or after 12 hours after the diagnosis of sepsis.
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