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. 2025 Nov 22.
doi: 10.1186/s12873-025-01385-8. Online ahead of print.

Prevalence, symptoms, risk factors and impact of sepsis-associated encephalopathy in emergency department patients: a case-control study

Klaudia Krzyżaniak  1 , Aleksandra Szymczyk  2 , Anna Wściślak  2 , Natalia Szczygieł  2 , Sonia Zembrzuska  2 , Aleksandra Abramczyk-Suszek  2 , Robert Krion  3 , Magdalena Remisiewicz  4 , Mariusz Siemiński  3
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Prevalence, symptoms, risk factors and impact of sepsis-associated encephalopathy in emergency department patients: a case-control study

Klaudia Krzyżaniak et al. BMC Emerg Med. .
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Keywords: Emergency department; Sepsis; Sepsis-associated encephalopathy.

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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee (the Ethical Committee of the Medical University of Gdansk, acceptance number: NKBBN/722/2022). Consent to participate was not required due to the retrospective nature of the study. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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