Determining prognostic indicator for anticoagulant therapy in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation
Toshiaki Iba,
Kazuma Yamakawa,
Yuki Shiko
et al.
Abstract:Background
There is no reliable indicator that can assess the treatment effect of anticoagulant therapy for sepsis-associated disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in the short term. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a prognostic index identifying 28-day mortality in septic DIC patients treated with antithrombin concentrate after a 3-day treatment.
Methods
The cohort for derivation was established utilizing the dataset from po… Show more
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