Trends in bacterial sepsis incidence and mortality in France between 2015 and 2019 based on National Health Data System (Systeme National des donnees de Sante (SNDS)): a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to provide a case definition of sepsis of presumed bacterial aetiology based on 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes, to assess trends in sepsis incidence and mortality between 2015 and 2019 in France, and to describe the characteristics of affected patients and hospital stays.

Design

Nationwide, population-based, retrospective observational study.

Setting

Metropolitan France between 2015 and 2019.

Participants

Between 2015 and 2019, 1 224 433 patients with sepsis of presumed bacterial aetiology were selected from the French National Hospital Discharge Database (Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d'Information) and were identified from corresponding ICD-10 codes for explicit sepsis or impli

SUBMITTER: Pandolfi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125708 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature