Three-year mortality of ICU survivors with sepsis, an infection or an inflammatory illness: an individually matched cohort study of ICU patients in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sepsis is a frequent reason for ICU admission and a leading cause of death. Its incidence has been increasing over the past decades. While hospital mortality is decreasing, it is recognized that the sequelae of sepsis extend well beyond hospitalization and are associated with a high mortality rate that persists years after hospitalization. The aim of this study was to disentangle the relative contribution of sepsis (infection with multi-organ failure), of infection and of inflammation, as reasons for ICU admission to long-term survival. This was done as infection and inflammation are both cardinal features of sepsis. We assessed the 3-year mortality of ICU patients admitted with sepsis, with individually matched ICU patients with an infection but not sepsis, and with an

SUBMITTER: Arbous SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577713 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature