May 31, 2019Open Access
Frequency and mortality of septic shock in Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Abstract
Our literature review reaffirms the continued common occurrence of septic shock and estimates a high mortality of around 38%. The high level of heterogeneity observed in this review may be driven by variability in defining and applying the diagnostic criteria, as well as differences in treatment and care across settings and countries.