Rapid increase in hospitalization and mortality rates for severe sepsis in the United States: a trend analysis from 1993 to 2003
VY Dombrovskiy, AA Martin, J Sunderram… - Critical care …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine recent trends in rates of hospitalization, mortality, and hospital case
fatality for severe sepsis in the United States. Design: Trend analysis for the period from
1993 to 2003. Setting: US community hospitals from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample that is
a 20% stratified sample of all US community hospitals. Patients: Subjects of any age with
sepsis including severe sepsis who were hospitalized in the United States during the study
period. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Utilizing International …
fatality for severe sepsis in the United States. Design: Trend analysis for the period from
1993 to 2003. Setting: US community hospitals from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample that is
a 20% stratified sample of all US community hospitals. Patients: Subjects of any age with
sepsis including severe sepsis who were hospitalized in the United States during the study
period. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: Utilizing International …
