Insights of red cell distribution width for mortality in septic patients with diabetes mellitus: A multicenter cohort study

Kunsheng Zhao; Guang Zhang; Chengsheng Wu; Dawei Wang; Hongyu Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0333689

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Insights of red cell distribution width for mortality in septic patients with diabetes mellitus: A multicenter cohort study

Kunsheng Zhao,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Health Management, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital; Shandong Engineering Research Center of Health Management; Shandong Institute of Health Management, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Guang Zhang,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Health Management, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital; Shandong Engineering Research Center of Health Management; Shandong Institute of Health Management, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Chengsheng Wu ,

Roles Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: tcmdsh@163.com (CSW); 2087036211@qq.com (DWW); zhysdfmu@163.com (HYZ)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Taian, Shandong, China
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Dawei Wang ,

Roles Methodology

* E-mail: tcmdsh@163.com (CSW); 2087036211@qq.com (DWW); zhysdfmu@163.com (HYZ)

Affiliation Department of Health Management, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital; Shandong Engineering Research Center of Health Management; Shandong Institute of Health Management, Jinan, Shandong, China
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Hongyu Zhang

Roles Methodology

* E-mail: tcmdsh@163.com (CSW); 2087036211@qq.com (DWW); zhysdfmu@163.com (HYZ)

Affiliation Department of Health Management, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital; Shandong Engineering Research Center of Health Management; Shandong Institute of Health Management, Jinan, Shandong, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1067-1676

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Insights of red cell distribution width for mortality in septic patients with diabetes mellitus: A multicenter cohort study

Kunsheng Zhao,
Guang Zhang,
Chengsheng Wu,
Dawei Wang,
Hongyu Zhang

Published: October 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333689

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