Association between serum potassium and 28-day mortality in elderly patients with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study | BMC Geriatrics

Among 12,069 elderly patients with sepsis (mean [SD] age, 77.0 [7.6] years; 6105 [50.6%] women) admitted to the ICU, 1976 (16.4%) had hypokalemia (serum potassium levels < 3.5 mmol/L), 8834 (73.2%) had normokalemia (serum potassium levels…

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