Table 1 Characteristics of articles on inflammatory/protein mediators in intra-abdominal sepsis or injury
From: Inflammatory mediators in intra-abdominal sepsis or injury – a scoping review
Characteristics | Number (%) of 182 articles |
|---|---|
Type of article | |
Clinical study | 103 (57 %) |
Biomarker or diagnosis study | 63 (35 %) |
Intervention study | 9 (5 %) |
Mechanistic or kinetic study | 31 (17 %) |
Study design | |
Randomized controlled trials | 4 |
Nonrandomized controlled trials | 5 |
Cohort study | 36 |
Case-control study | 29 |
Case series | 29 |
Abdominal sepsis | 64 |
Abdominal injury or ischemia-reperfusion | 27 |
Mixed sepsis and injury | 12 |
Preclinical study | 79 (43 %) |
Intervention study | 32 (17 %) |
Mechanistic study | 47 (26 %) |
Study design | |
Rodent model | 69 |
Porcine model | 7 |
Canine model | 1 |
Rabbit model | 1 |
Baboon model | 1 |
Injury or ischemia-reperfusion | 26 |
Abdominal sepsis | 44 |
Mixed injury and sepsis | 9 |
Year of publication | |
1985–1994 | 14 (8 %) |
1995–2004 | 65 (35 %) |
2005–2014 | 103 (57 %) |
Country of origin | |
European countries | 80 (44 %) |
United States of America | 44 (24 % |
Other countries | 58 (32 %) |