Comparison of 6-month outcomes of sepsis versus non-sepsis critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on long-term outcomes after sepsis-associated critical illness have mostly come from small cohort studies, with no information about the incidence of new disability. We investigated whether sepsis-associated critical illness was independently associated with new disability at 6 months after ICU admission compared with other types of critical illness.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of a multicenter, prospective cohort study in six metropolitan intensive care units in Australia. Adult patients were eligible if they had been admitted to the ICU and received more than 24 h of mechanical ventilation. There was no intervention.

Results

The primary outcome was new disability measured with the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS) 12 level

SUBMITTER: Hodgson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9189265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature