Hospital-onset sepsis and community-onset sepsis in critical care units in Japan: a retrospective cohort study based on a Japanese administrative claims database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital- and community-onset sepsis are significant sepsis subgroups. Japanese data comparing these subgroups are limited. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of hospital- and community-onset sepsis in critical care units in Japan.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using the Japanese Diagnosis and Procedure Combination database. Adult patients admitted to critical care units with sepsis from April 2010 to March 2020 were included. Sepsis cases were identified based on ICD-10 codes for infectious diseases, procedure codes for blood culture tests, and medication codes for antimicrobials. Patients' characteristics, in-hospital mortality, and resource utilization were assessed. The in-hospital mortality between groups was compared using the

SUBMITTER: Tonai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9107171 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature