Severity of Sepsis-Associated Coagulopathy Predicts Hospital Mortality

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atients with sepsis-associated coagulopathy appear to be at heightened risk of death, according to results of a large retrospective cohort study. The risk of death in the study increased with the severity of the sepsis-associated coagulopathy, which was defined using international normalized ratio (INR) and platelet counts. Those findings suggest that the severity of coagulation abnormalities might be used to quantify mortality risk.

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