Dose-response relationship between diarrhea quantity and mortality in critical care patients: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Previous studies have shown that diarrhea, defined as a dichotomized cutoff, is associated with increased mortality of patients in intensive care units (ICUs). This study aimed to examine the dose-response relationship between the quantity of diarrhea and mortality in ICU patients with newly developed diarrhea.

Methods: We conducted this single-center retrospective cohort study.