Temporal progression of sepsis on critical care COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe sepsis progression in critical COVID-19 patients using the SOFA score and investigate its relationship with mortality. METHODS: Three researchers collected and analyzed retrospective clinical and laboratory data found in electronic health records from all patients admitted to a severe COVID-19 exclusive intensive care unit from March 2020 to October 2020. Mixed-effect logistic regression was used to evaluate SOFA (Sepsis-3) score variables as mortality prediction markers, while Kaplan-Meier survival curves were used to compare mortality between...

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