Open AccessThe impact of delayed source control and antimicrobial therapy in 196 patients with cholecystitis-associated septic shock: a cohort analysis
Author(s) -
Constantine Karvellas,
Victor Dong,
Juan G. Abraldeṣ,
E Lester,
Anand Kumar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.009418
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , odds ratio , cholecystitis , confidence interval , cohort , apache ii , logistic regression , proportional hazards model , shock (circulatory) , surgery , gastroenterology , intensive care unit , sepsis , gallbladder
Cholecystitis-associated septic shock carries a significant mortality. Our aim was to determine whether timing of source control affects survival in cholecystitis patients with septic shock.
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