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High-Risk Patients and Prognostic Factors for Abdominal Sepsis

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In general, patients in high risk are those who have elevated chances of acquiring and failing treatment. Many factors are associated with these conditions and need to be identified quickly as the effective management of this specific sick population requires early and prompt treatment.

Knowledge of the patient’s risk is essential to begin treatment as soon as possible with the most appropriate strategy.

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  1. Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Bruno M. Pereira M.D., M.H.Sc., Ph.D. & Gustavo P. Fraga M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy

    Massimo Sartelli

  2. University of Udine, Infectious Diseases Division , Udine, Italy

    Matteo Bassetti

  3. St James's University Hospital, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences , Dublin, Ireland

    Ignacio Martin-Loeches

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Pereira, B.M., Fraga, G.P. (2018). High-Risk Patients and Prognostic Factors for Abdominal Sepsis. In: Sartelli, M., Bassetti, M., Martin-Loeches, I. (eds) Abdominal Sepsis. Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59704-1_4

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