Characteristics and clinical outcomes of culture-negative and culture-positive septic shock: a single-center retrospective cohort study

摘要

Flowchart of the study population. Prospective septic shock registry excluded 605 patients (218 for transfer from/to other hospitals, 298 for do-not-resuscitate orders, 89 for refuse to manage), and 176 patients with proven viral and fungal pathogen were also precluded from this analysis