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

• Auteurs principaux: Simon Smith (Auteur), Yu-Hsuan Liu (Auteur), Angus Carter (Auteur), Brendan J Kennedy (Auteur), Alexis Dermedgoglou (Auteur), Suzanne S Poulgrain (Auteur), Matthew P Paavola (Auteur), Tarryn L Minto (Auteur), Michael Luc (Auteur), Josh Hanson (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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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...