Why the study?
What are the preoperative prognostic factors for mortality in patients with peptic ulcer perforation?
What are the preoperative prognostic factors for mortality in patients with peptic ulcer perforation?
In patients with peptic ulcer perforation, preoperative prognostic factors for mortality are often related to the presence of sepsis syndrome.
Preoperative sepsis-related factors enable mortality risk stratification in peptic ulcer perforation; confirms their central prognostic role via systematic synthesis.
In patients with PPU, a number of negative prognostic factors can be identified prior to surgery, and many of these seem to be related to presence of the sepsis syndrome.
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