Open AccessImpact of Emergency Colectomy on Survival of Patients With Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis During an Epidemic Caused by a Hypervirulent Strain
Author(s) -
François Lamontagne,
AnnieClaude Labbé,
Olivier Haeck,
Olivier Lesur,
Mathieu Lalancette,
Carlos Patiño,
Martine Leblanc,
Michél Laverdière,
Jacques Pépin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000236628.79550.e5
Subject(s) - medicine , colectomy , clostridium difficile , intensive care unit , odds ratio , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , emergency medicine , surgery , ulcerative colitis , disease , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics
To determine whether emergency colectomy reduces mortality in patients with fulminant Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD), and to identify subgroups of patients more likely to benefit from the procedure.