Long-term (10-year) mortality of younger previously healthy patients with severe sepsis/septic shock is worse than that of patients with nonseptic critical illness and of�…
A Linder, D Guh, JH Boyd, KR Walley…�- Critical care�…, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Long-term (1-to 10-year) outcomes after severe sepsis in previously healthy
persons are unknown. We aimed to determine the 1-to 10-year mortality rates of previously
healthy patients with severe sepsis and compare these to mortality rates of patients with
nonseptic critical illness and the general population. Design: A prospective cohort study of
2,289 patients from one mixed medical-surgical ICU and one cardiovascular surgery ICU.
Age-and gender-comparable general British Columbia population was used as comparison�…
persons are unknown. We aimed to determine the 1-to 10-year mortality rates of previously
healthy patients with severe sepsis and compare these to mortality rates of patients with
nonseptic critical illness and the general population. Design: A prospective cohort study of
2,289 patients from one mixed medical-surgical ICU and one cardiovascular surgery ICU.
Age-and gender-comparable general British Columbia population was used as comparison�…