Authors: van Vught, Lonneke A., Uhel, Fabrice, Ding, Chao, van‘t Veer, Cees, Scicluna, Brendon P., Peters-Sengers, Hessel, Klein Klouwenberg, Peter M. C., Nürnberg, Peter, Cremer, Olaf L., Schultz, Marcus J., van der Poll, Tom, de Beer, Friso M., Bos, Lieuwe D. J., Glas, Gerie J., Hoogendijk, Arie J., van Hooijdonk, Roosmarijn T. M., Horn, Janneke, Huson, Mischa A., Schouten, Laura R. A., Straat, Marleen, Wieske, Luuk, Wiewel, Maryse A., Witteveen, Esther, Bonten, Marc J. M., Olaf M., Ong, David S. Y., Frencken, Jos F., Koster-Brouwer, Maria E., van de Groep, Kirsten, Verboom, Diana M.
Venue: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Type: Publication
Abstract: Measurements and main results: Of 1524 admissions for sepsis, 386 (25.3%) involved patients with a normal PT (≤12.7 s); the remaining quartiles entailed 379 (24.9%) patients with a slightly prolonged PT (12.8 ≤ PT ≤ 15.0 s), 383 (25.1%) with an intermediately prolonged PT (15.1 ≤ PT ≤ 17.2 s), and 376 (24.7%) with an extremely prolonged PT (≥17.3 s). While patients with an extremely prolonged PT showed an increased crude mortality up to 1 year after admission, none of the prolonged PT groups was independently associated with 30-day ...
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Topics: 
Internal medicine
Gastroenterology
Immunology
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