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Survival Benefit Of Resin Cartridge Extracorporeal Blood Purification Therapy In Patients With Septic Shock, Serdar Efe, Pervin Hanci, Volkan İnal

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) therapies have shown promise as potential rescue treatments for patientswith septic shock. However, precise evidence regarding their effectiveness is lacking. This case-control study aimed to evaluate the 28-day survival benefit of a resin cartridge-based EBP therapy compared to conventional therapies in patients with septic shock.Materials and methods: The study sample was collected retrospectively from the medical records of patients admitted to the intensivecare unit (ICU) between 2015 and 2020. The study included patients with septic shock aged ≥18 years who had ICU stays >96 h andexcluded those lost to follow-up by 28 days or readmitted. First, …