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Two factors account for the large number of septic patients treated in Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U.). First, patients in I.C.U. are specially succeptible to hospital acquired infections. Second, the vital prognosis of septicemia, whatever its origin, is often challenged by life threatening complications, namely septic shock, acute respiratory failure, acute renal failure or gastrointestinal bleeding, which often require transfer of the patient into I.C.U. for monitoring and specific support.
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Rapin, M., George, C., Lhoste, F., Robin, M. (1979). Management of Septicemia in Intensive Care Units. In: Tavares, B.M., Frey, R. (eds) Acute Care. Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine/Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, vol 116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67211-8_56
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