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The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. Variables were compared, and the associated factors were examined with Cox proportional hazards model. (3) Results: Of the 176 patients enrolled, IPA was of primary origin in 50 patients (28.4%) and of secondary origin in 126 (71.6%). Skeletal origin was the most common source of secondary IPA (n = 92, 52.3%). The most common pathogens were Gram-positive cocci. Eighty-eight (50%) patients underwent percutaneous drainage, 32 (18.2%) patients underwent surgical debridement, and 56 (31.8%) patients received antibiotics. Multivariate analyses indicated that age &gt; 65 (year) (HR = 5.12; CI 1.03\u201325.53; p = 0.046), congestive heart failure (HR = 5.13; CI 1.29\u201320.45; p = 0.021), and platelet &lt; 150 (103\/\u03bcL) (HR = 9.26; CI 2.59\u201333.09; p = 0.001) were significant independent predictors of in-hospital mortality in Model A, while the predictors in Model B included age &gt; 65 (year) (HR = 5.12; CI 1.03\u201325.53; p = 0.046) and septic shock (HR = 61.90; CI 7.37\u2013519.46; p &lt; 0.001). (4) Conclusions: IPA is a medical emergency. Our study reported that patients with advanced age, congestive heart failure, thrombocytopenia, or septic shock had a significantly higher risk of mortality, and the recognition of the associated factors may aid in risk stratification and the determination of the optimal treatment plan for IPA patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12082760","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,7]],"date-time":"2023-04-07T04:04:16Z","timestamp":1680840256000},"page":"2760","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Clinical Characteristics and In-Hospital Outcomes in Patients with Iliopsoas Abscess: A Multicenter Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yi-Chih","family":"Lee","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jhih-Jin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chien-Han","family":"Hsiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Linguistics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4885-8175","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chieh-Ching","family":"Yen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, New Taipei Municipal Tucheng Hospital, New Taipei City 23652, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Jen-Ai Hospital Dali Branch, Taichung 412224, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"202","article-title":"Acute psoitis","volume":"2","author":"Mynter","year":"1881","journal-title":"Buffalo. 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