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Article: University of Nebraska details research in sepsis.
- Article from:
- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- July 23, 2009
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Researchers in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate the effect of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) on mortality ill patients Mill severe sepsis. Retrospective cohort study. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of an academic medical center."
"One hundred eighty-eight patients aged 40 years or older with a diagnosis of severe sepsis and an ICU stay between January 2005, mid December 31, 2006. Patient demographic data, statin use, and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores at the time of sepsis diagnosis were collected from the patient database. We used a multivariable logistic regression model to ...