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Sepsis in patients with vs. without mental illness: a comparison of demographic, insurance, comorbidity, and infection source characteristics
2024-04-16
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<h4>Background</h4> Adherence to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign’s 3- and 6-hour bundles (blood cultures/serum lactate/antibiotics/IV fluids/vasopressors) improves mortality. Septic patients with mental health illness may not receive optimal care, being unable to explain symptoms, understand/accept their condition/care, or remain calm. We compare characteristics of ED septic patients with vs without mental health il...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 22c503e3-94c9-5295-85a0-6abb98368382
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.04.15.24305016
