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01-08-2013 | Poster presentation
Predictors of mortality in renal transplant recipients with severe sepsis and septic shock
Authors:
Mônica Andrade de Carvalho, José Osmar Medina Pestana, Flávio Geraldo Rezende Freitas, Flávia Ribeiro Machado, Hélio Tedesco Silva Júnior
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 4/2013
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Excerpt
Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease as it is cost-effective, and improves survival and quality of life as compared with maintenance dialysis [
1,
2]. However, the need for immunosuppression increases the hazard of septic complications [
3]. Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death among renal transplant recipients and little is known about its characteristics in this population [
4,
5]. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with mortality in renal transplant patients admitted to the ICU with severe sepsis and septic shock. …