The impact of laboratory data missingness on sepsis diagnosis timeliness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the impact of missing laboratory measurements on sepsis diagnostic delays.

Materials and methods

In adult patients admitted to 2 University of California San Diego (UCSD) hospitals from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024, we evaluated the relative time of organ failure (T _OF) and time of clinical suspicion of sepsis (T _suspicion) in patients with sepsis according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) definition.

Results

Of the patients studied, 48.7% (n = 2017) in the emergency department (ED), 30.8% (n = 209) in the wards, and 14.4% (n = 167) in the intensive care unit (ICU) had T _OF after T _suspicion. Patients with T _OF

SUBMITTER: Lam JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418648 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature