Outpatient beta-blockers and survival from sepsis: Results from a national cohort of Medicare beneficiaries

BACKGROUND: Elderly Americans suffer increased mortality from sepsis. Given that beta-blockers have been shown to be cardioprotective in critical care, we investigated outpatient beta-blocker prescriptions and mortality among Medicare beneficiaries admitted for sepsis. METHODS: We queried a 5% rando...

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Published in:Am J Surg
Main Authors: Singer, Kathleen E., Collins, Courtney E., Flahive, Julie M., Wyman, Allison S., Ayturk, M. Didem, Santry, Heena P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889866/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28666578
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.06.007
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