Blood count derangements after sepsis and association with post-hospital outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Predicting long-term outcomes in sepsis survivors remains a difficult task. Persistent inflammation post-sepsis is associated with increased risk for rehospitalization and death. As surrogate markers of inflammation, complete blood count parameters measured at hospital discharge may have prognostic value for sepsis survivors.

Objective

To determine the incremental value of complete blood count parameters over clinical characteristics for predicting 90-day outcomes in sepsis survivors.

Methods

Electronic health record data was used to identify sepsis hospitalizations at United States Veterans Affairs hospitals with live discharge and relevant laboratory data (2013 to 2018). We measured the association of eight complete blood count parameters with 90-day outco

SUBMITTER: Denstaedt SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018394 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature