TY  - JOUR
TI  - Evaluation of Non-intensive Care Unit-Acquired 
Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients in Intensive Care 
Unit Outcomes
AB  - Objective: Sepsis is a clinical condition that requires urgent treatment. Most patients with sepsis require intensive care. 
There is a high mortality rate. The primary aim of the present study was to examine risk factors for mortality in patients with 
sepsis or septic shock in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). The secondary objective was to analyze the demographic and 
clinical characteristics of these patients.
Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted in a medical ICU. Patients diagnosed with sepsis according 
to the international consensus definition (Sepsis-3) and requiring ICU treatment were included in the study. Demographic and 
clinical characteristics were recorded and analyzed.
Results: A total of 134 patients with sepsis were enrolled in the study. The mean age was 60±18 years and 49% were male. 
The most frequent reasons for admission to the ICU were respiratory failure (45.5%) and shock (44%). Gram-negative bacteria 
were present in 48%, Gram-positive bacteria in 15%, fungus in 8%, and there was no culture positivity in 29% of the patients. 
The in-hospital mortality rate was 51%. The need for vasopressor drugs (odds ratio [OR]: 4.612, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 
1.273–16.781) or mechanical ventilation (OR: 25.312, 95% CI: 4.225–151.852) was an independent risk factor for mortality.
Conclusion: Patients treated in the ICU for sepsis or septic shock had a high mortality rate. The need for vasopressor drugs 
or mechanical ventilation was an independent risk factor for mortality.
AU  - Gündoğan, Kürşat
AU  - onuk, sevda
AU  - BULUT, Kadir
AU  - Sungur, Murat
AU  - Sipahioğlu, Hilal
AU  - Dirik, Hasan
DO  - 10.14744/etd.2021.47427
PY  - 2022
JO  - Erciyes Medical Journal
VL  - 44
IS  - 2
SN  - 2149-2247
SP  - 161
EP  - 166
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/530650
ER  -