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Risk factors for sepsis in Korean trauma patients.

J-H ParkSung-Hyuk ChoiY-H YoonS-J ParkJ-Y KimH-J Cho
Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2015)
Among the risk factors identified in the literature, our research confirmed only the patients' age and ISS as risk factors for sepsis after trauma, and, additionally, identified emergency surgery as a risk factor in Korean patients. Therefore, trauma patients who have any of the risk factors mentioned above have a high risk of post-traumatic sepsis, which requires certain precautionary clinical measures.
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