Impact of Sex Differences on Mortality in Patients With Sepsis After Trauma: A Nationwide Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sepsis is the leading cause of death in intensive care units, and sepsis after trauma is associated with increased mortality rates. However, the characteristics of sepsis after trauma remain unknown, and the influence of sex on mortality remains controversial. This study aimed to assess the role of sex in in-hospital mortality in patients with sepsis after trauma.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study involving several emergency hospitals (n=288) in Japan. The data of patients with trauma who developed sepsis after admission from 2004 to 2019 were obtained from the Japan Trauma Data Bank. We divided the patients into two groups according to sex and compared their in-hospital mortality. We also performed subgroup analysis limited to the elderly populatio

SUBMITTER: Kondo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8276106 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature