Review Article
The Incidence of Septic Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae Liver Abscess: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Table 1
Characteristics of included studies.
| | Study | Place | Period of study | Study design | Setting | KP | SPE | | No. | Mean years | Males (%) | DM (%) | No. | Mean years | Males (%) | DM (%) |
| | Chou et al. [6] | China, Taiwan | 2005.01–2013.12 | RC | 1 hospital | 221 | NR | NR | NR | 14 | 59.6 | 71.4 | 86 | | Alsaif et al. [9] | Singapore | 2003.07–2010.07 | RC | 1 hospital | 92 | 56.5 | 72.8 | 48.9 | 15 | NR | NR | NR | | Yoon et al. [11] | South Korea | 2004–2011 | RC | 1 hospital | 161 | 61.2 | 60.9 | 27.3 | 6 | NR | NR | NR | | Yang et al. [7] | China, Taiwan | 1999.01–2005.12 | RC | 1 hospital | 355 | NR | NR | NR | 9 | 56 | 77.8 | 66.7 | | Lee et al. [10] | China, Taiwan | 2001–2002 | RC | 1 hospital | 110 | 61.8 | 53.6 | 60.9 | 5 | NR | NR | NR | | Chang et al. [8] | China, mainland | 2010.01–2015.5 | RC | 1 hospital | 239 | NR | NR | NR | 21 | 52.38 | 95.28 | 52.38 |
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DM: diabetes mellitus; KP: Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess; NR: not reported; RC: randomized controlled; SPE: septic pulmonary embolism.
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