Open AccessDevelopment of a mortality prediction formula due to sepsis/severe sepsis in a medical intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Anant Mohan,
Prajowl Shrestha,
Randeep Guleria,
Ravindra Mohan Pandey,
Naveet Wig
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.159533
Subject(s) - medicine , saps ii , sepsis , sofa score , intensive care unit , apache ii , septic shock , mechanical ventilation , odds ratio , mortality rate , ards , anemia , organ dysfunction , intensive care medicine , lung
Although sepsis is one of the leading causes of mortality in hospitalized patients, information regarding early predictive factors for mortality and morbidity is limited.