Time to clearance of abdominal septic focus and mortality in patients with sepsis.

Objective: To assess the relationship between time to focus clearance and hospital mortality in patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Methods: This was an observational, single-center study with a retrospective analysis of the time to clearance of abdominal septic focus. Patients were classified according to the time to focus clearance into an early (≤ 12 hours) or delayed (> 12 hours) group.