Factors Associated With Initiation of Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With Sepsis: Retrospective Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with sepsis are at risk for mechanical ventilation. This study aimed to identify risk factors for initiation of mechanical ventilation in patients with sepsis and assess whether these factors varied with time.

Methods

Data from the electronic health record were used to model risk factors for initiation of mechanical ventilation after the onset of sepsis. A time-varying Cox model was used to study factors that varied with time.

Results

Of 35 020 patients who met sepsis criteria, 28 747 were eligible for inclusion. Mechanical ventilation was initiated within 30 days after sepsis onset in 3891 patients (13.5%). Factors that were independently associated with increased likelihood of receipt of mechanical ventilation were race (White: adjusted hazard ra

SUBMITTER: Freundlich RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10577809 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature