Clinical characteristics and risk factors for septic shock in patients receiving emergency drainage for acute pyelonephritis with upper urinary tract calculi

BACKGROUND: Acute pyelonephritis (APN) is a common complication of ureteral obstruction caused by urolithiasis, and it can be lethal if it progresses to septic shock. We investigated the clinical characteristics of patients undergoing emergency drainage and assessed risk factors for septic shock. ME...

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Main Authors: Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki, Fujita, Kazutoshi, Nakazawa, Shigeaki, Hayashi, Takuji, Tanigawa, Go, Imamura, Ryoichi, Hosomi, Masahiro, Wada, Daiki, Fujimi, Satoshi, Yamaguchi, Seiji
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353222/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22413829
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-12-4
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