De Pascale et al identified factors predictive of 28-day mortality for a critically-ill patient with a complicated intra-abdominal infection. The authors are from Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome.
Patient selection: critically-ill patient with a complicated intra-abdominal infection (infection extending beyond the affected hollow viscus with localized or diffuse peritonitis)
Outcome: 28-day mortality
Predictors for 28-day mortality from multivariate analysis:
