Long-term mortality after community-acquired sepsis: a longitudinal population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prior studies have concentrated on the acute short-term outcomes of sepsis, with little focus on its long-term consequences. The objective of this study was to characterise long-term mortality following a sepsis event.

Design

Population-based data from the 30 239 community-dwelling individuals in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort.

Setting usa participants

Community-dwelling adults ≥45 years of age. Sepsis was defined as hospitalisation or emergency department treatment for a serious infection with the presence of ≥2 systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria.

Outcomes

6-year all-cause mortality. The analysis utilised a time-varying Cox model adjusted for participant's age, demographic factors, health be

SUBMITTER: Wang HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902401 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature