Why the study?
It was unknown whether sympathovagal modulation assessed through frequency domains of heart rate variability can indicate sepsis in patients with suspected infection.
Does heart rate variability analysis indicate sepsis in adult patients with suspected infection?
Does heart rate variability analysis indicate sepsis in adult patients with suspected infection?
Depressed sympathetic modulation and increased vagal activity, assessed by HRV frequency domains, can accurately identify sepsis in emergency department patients with suspected infection.
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HRV frequency-domain analysis may aid early sepsis identification in the ED; leaves open the need for prospective validation before clinical use.
Hsu et al. (2020) studied this question.
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