Assessment of Health Care Exposures and Outcomes in Adult Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Current information on the characteristics of patients who develop sepsis may help in identifying opportunities to improve outcomes. Most recent studies of sepsis epidemiology have focused on changes in incidence or have used administrative data sets that provided limited patient-level data.

Objective

To describe sepsis epidemiology in adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study reviewed the medical records, death certificates, and hospital discharge data of adult patients with sepsis or septic shock who were discharged from the hospital between October 1, 2014, and September 30, 2015. The convenience sample was obtained from hospitals in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emerging Infections Program in 10 states (C

SUBMITTER: Fay K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7341174 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature