title: [Sepsis: clinical course study of 126 patients in an internal medicine department].
abstract: 126 cases of sepsis were retrospectively studied in an Internal Medicine Department, giving special attention to the clinical evolution. 67 males and 59 females with a median age of 65 years old were discovered. 92% had one or more diseases, mainly COLD (30%) and diabetes mellitus (28%). The septic sources were urinary (37%) and respiratory (31%). 84% of the germs were gram (-), mainly E. Coli and Proteus sp. A mortality rate of 36% was found, the primary rates being: eighth decade (52%), patients with neoplastic disease (46%), biliary tract diseases (64%), endocarditis (66%), infection by Serratia (60%), Pseudomonas (50%), shock (55%) and DIC (50%). These last two complications were analysed and found to be the more frequent (35% and 6.3% respectively), also being those with higher mortality rate. Finally, the prognostic factors are established based on the results obtained.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernández Batuecas
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Blázquez Cabrera
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sánchez Navarro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chimpén Ruiz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: del Pino Montes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Castro del Pozo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Sepsis: estudio clínico-evolutivo de 126 pacientes en un Servicio de Medicina Interna.