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01-02-2014 | Editorial

Prognostic factors for mortality in (fecal) peritonitis: back to the roots!

Authors: Christian Eckmann, Matteo Bassetti

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2014

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We have just a few reliable data about prognosis in abdominal sepsis in general and fecal peritonitis in particular. This alone is a good reason why the study by Tridente et al. [1] published in this issue of Intensive Care Medicine is an important contribution to this topic. The authors present a large cohort of patients treated in different European health-care settings and the study provides some of the best available evidence we have for these critically ill patients. Tridente et al. conclude that in a large cohort of patients admitted to European ICUs with fecal peritonitis the 6-month mortality was 31.6 %. The most consistent predictors of mortality across all time points were increased age, development of acute renal dysfunction during the first week of admission, and hypothermia on day 1 of ICU admission. …

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Title: Prognostic factors for mortality in (fecal) peritonitis: back to the roots!
Authors: Christian Eckmann
Matteo Bassetti
Publication date: 01-02-2014
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-3155-x

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