Severe leptospirosis in tropical Australia: Optimising intensive care unit management to reduce mortality.

• Главные авторы: Simon Smith (Автор), Yu-Hsuan Liu (Автор), Angus Carter (Автор), Brendan J Kennedy (Автор), Alexis Dermedgoglou (Автор), Suzanne S Poulgrain (Автор), Matthew P Paavola (Автор), Tarryn L Minto (Автор), Michael Luc (Автор), Josh Hanson (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Severe leptospirosis can have a case-fatality rate of over 50%, even with intensive care unit (ICU) support. Multiple strategies-including protective ventilation and early renal replacement therapy (RRT)-have been recommended to improve outcomes. However, management gu...