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Long-Term Mortality and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Sepsis Survivors. A Nationwide Population-based Study.
- Source :
- American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine; 7/15/2016, Vol. 194 Issue 2, p209-217, 50p, 17 Charts, 9 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- <bold>Rationale: </bold>Patients with sepsis who survive to hospital discharge may present with ongoing high morbidity and mortality. However, little is known about the risk of long-term, all-cause mortality and cardiovascular outcomes after sepsis.<bold>Objectives: </bold>Our study aimed to investigate the long-term clinical outcomes in sepsis survivors.<bold>Methods: </bold>In this nationwide population-based study, data from patients with sepsis were retrieved from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database between 2000 and 2002. Each sepsis survivor was 1:1 propensity-matched to control subjects from two different control populations: subjects who were in the general population and subjects who were hospitalized for a nonsepsis diagnosis. The primary outcomes were all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events, myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, and sudden cardiac death or ventricular arrhythmia.<bold>Measurements and Main Results: </bold>Compared with matched population control subjects, sepsis survivors had higher risks of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR], 2.18; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.14-2.22), major adverse cardiovascular events (HR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.34-1.41), ischemic stroke (HR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.23-1.32), hemorrhagic stroke (HR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.26-1.46), myocardial infarction (HR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.14-1.30), heart failure (HR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.43-1.53), and sudden cardiac death or ventricular arrhythmia (HR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.57-1.74). Similar results, although slightly attenuated risks, were found when comparisons were made with hospitalized control subjects without sepsis.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>These data indicate that sepsis survivors had substantially increased risks of subsequent all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events at 1 year after discharge, which persisted for up to 5 years after discharge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
SEPSIS
PROPORTIONAL hazards models
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1073449X
- Volume :
- 194
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 116894927
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201510-2023OC