Incidence, trends, and outcomes of infection sites among hospitalizations of sepsis: A nationwide study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the trends of infection sites and outcome of sepsis using a national population-based database.

Materials and methods

Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database of the US, adult sepsis hospitalizations and infection sites were identified using a validated approach that selects admissions with explicit ICD-9-CM codes for sepsis and diagnosis/procedure codes for acute organ dysfunctions. The primary outcome was the trend of incidence and in-hospital mortality of specific infection sites in sepsis patients. The secondary outcome was the impact of specific infection sites on in-hospital mortality.

Results

During the 9-year period, we identified 7,860,687 admissions of adult sepsis. Genitourinary tract infection (36.7%), lower respiratory tract inf

SUBMITTER: Chou EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6957188 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature