Poor timing and failure of source control are risk factors for mortality in critically ill patients with secondary peritonitis.
Gennaro De PascaleMassimo AntonelliMieke DeschepperKostoula ArvanitiKoen BlotBen Creagh BrownDylan de LangeJan De WaeleYalim DikmenGeorge DimopoulosChristian EckmannGuy FrancoisMassimo GirardisDespoina KoulentiSonia LabeauJeffrey LipmanFernando LipovetskyEmilio MasedaPhilippe MontraversAdam MikstackiJosé-Artur PaivaCecilia PereyraJordi RelloJean-Francois TimsitDirk VogelaersStijn I Blotnull nullPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2022)
'Urgent' and successful source control was associated with improved odds of survival. Appropriateness of empirical antimicrobial treatment did not significantly affect survival suggesting that source control is more determinative for outcome.