Order Set Usage is Associated With Lower Hospital Mortality in Patients With Sepsis.

ABSTRACT: The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recommends standard operating procedures for patients with sepsis. Real-world evidence about sepsis order set implementation is limited.

Objectives

To estimate the effect of sepsis order set usage on hospital mortality.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting and participants

Fifty-four acute care hospitals in the United States from December 1, 2020 to November 30, 2022 involving 104,662 patients hospitalized for sepsis.

Main outcomes and measures

Hospital mortality.

Results

The sepsis order set was used in 58,091 (55.5%) patients with sepsis. Initial mean sequential organ failure assessment score was 0.3 lower in patients for whom the order set was used than in those for whom it was not used (2.9 sd [2.8] vs 3.2 [3.1],

SUBMITTER: Dale CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10191554 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature