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Acute renal failure in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock--a significant independent risk factor for mortality: results from the German Prevalence Study
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2007 · Vol. 23(3) · pp. 904–909
Michael Oppert✉(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)Christoph Engel(Leipzig University)Frank M. Brunkhorst(Friedrich Schiller University Jena)Holger Bogatsch(Leipzig University)Konrad Reinhart(Friedrich Schiller University Jena)Ulrich Frei(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)Kai‐Uwe Eckardt(Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)Markus Loeffler(Leipzig University)Stefan John(Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)for the German Competence Network Sepsis (Sepnet)
Abstract
In this representative survey in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock, prevalence of ARF is high with 41.4%. ARF represents a significant independent risk factor for mortality in these patients.
Acute Kidney Injury ResearchSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentDialysis and Renal Disease ManagementMedicineSeptic shockSepsisRisk factorInternal medicineShock (circulatory)DiseaseIntensive care medicineAcute kidney injury
MeSH terms
AgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGermanyHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexShock, SepticPrevalenceOdds RatioSurvival AnalysisOutcome Assessment, Health Care
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- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
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