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Sepsis and septic shock in emergency departments of Mexico: a multicenter point prevalence study by Luis A. Gorordo-Delsol; Graciela Merinos-Sánchez; Ricardo A. Estrada-Escobar; Nikolett I. Medveczky-Ordoñez; Marcos A. Amezcua-Gutiérrez; Ma. Angélica Morales-Segura; Silvia E. Uribe-Moya is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

## Introduction: Sepsis is one of the main reasons for consultation at emergency departments. ## Objective: To identify the prevalence of sepsis in emergency departments of mexico. ## Method: Cross-sectional study with a 30-day follow-up of patients diagnosed with sepsis or septic shock; demographic variables, management and outcomes were analyzed. ## Results: In 68 emergency departments analyzed, 2379 patients were attended to, out of whom 307 had sepsis. the prevalence of sepsis was 12.9 %, and overall mortality was 16.93 %, which in the cases of sepsis was 9.39 %, and in those of septic shock, 65.85 %; no significant differences were identified in demographic variables or type of hospital. a significantly higher fluid balance was observed within the first three hours in those patients who died, as well as a lack of adherence to international resuscitation recommendations. ## Conclusions: A high prevalence of sepsis was found in mexican emergency departments. mortality of patients with septic shock was similar and even higher than that internationally reported. ## Introducción: La sepsis es una de las principales causas de consulta en los servicios de urgencias médicas. ## Objeti

Author

Luis A. Gorordo-Delsol; Graciela Merinos-Sánchez; Ricardo A. Estrada-Escobar; Nikolett I. Medveczky-Ordoñez; Marcos A. Amezcua-Gutiérrez; Ma. Angélica Morales-Segura; Silvia E. Uribe-Moya

Publisher

Publicidad Permanyer, SLU

Published

2019

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)