Epidemiology and Clinical Patterns of Lung Abscesses in ICU: A French Multicenter Retrospective Study.

Background: Data are scarce regarding epidemiology and management of critically ill patients with lung abscesses.

Research Question: What are the clinical and microbiological characteristics of critically ill patients with lung abscesses, how are they managed in the ICU, and what are the risk factors of in-ICU mortality?

Study Design And Methods: This was a retrospective observational multicenter study, based on International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes, between 2015 and 2022 in France. In-ICU mortality-associated factors were determined by multivariate logistic regression.