National Trends in Timing of Death Among Patients With Septic Shock, 1994-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess trends in timing of mortality among patients with septic shock.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample, 1994-2014.

Patients

Hospitalized adults (≥ 18 yr) with International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification codes consistent with septic shock; secondary analysis: adults with International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, Clinical Modification codes consistent with acute respiratory failure receiving invasive mechanical ventilation and patients with both septic shock and acute respiratory failure receiving invasive mechanical ventilation.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main r

SUBMITTER: Law AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893726 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature