Commonly Used Severity Scores Are Not Good Predictors of Mortality in Sepsis from Severe Leptospirosis: A Series of Ten Patients

Introduction. Severe leptospirosis, also known as Weil's disease, can cause multiorgan failure with high mortality. Scoring systems for disease severity have not been validated for leptospirosis, and there is no documented method to predict mortality. Methods. This is a case series on 10 patien...

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Autores principales: Velissaris, Dimitrios, Karanikolas, Menelaos, Flaris, Nikolaos, Fligou, Fotini, Marangos, Markos, Filos, Kriton S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3363413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22675620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/532376

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3363413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22675620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/532376

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