Authors: MinJuei Tsai ShuoMing Ou ChiaJen Shih Peiwen Chao LanFu Wang YuNing Shih SzuYuan Li ShuChen Kuo YenTao Hsu YungTai Chen
Publish Date: 2015/04/01
Volume: 41, Issue: 5, Pages: 806-813
Abstract
Of 683421 included patients 229792 336 patients died during hospitalization for sepsis and the rest 644 survived to discharge Use of antiplatelet agents before admission was associated with a lower risk of mortality in sepsis patients aOR 082 95 confidence interval CI 081–083 P 0001 By using another case–control study design the beneficial effect was more significant in current users aOR 078 95 CI 076–079 than in recent users aOR 088 95 CI 085–091 but was not significant in past users aOR 100 95 CI 098–102
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