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Admission characteristics predictive of in-hospital death from hospital-acquired sepsis: A comparison to community-acquired sepsis

Authors :
Padro, Teresa
Smotherman, Carmen
Gautam, Shiva
Gerdik, Cynthia
Gray-Eurom, Kelly
Guirgis, Faheem W.
Source :
Journal of Critical Care; June 2019, Vol. 51 Issue: 1 p145-148, 4p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Healthcare associated (HA) sepsis is associated with increased resource utilization and mortality compared with community acquired (CA) sepsis. The purpose of this study was to identify independent predictors of in-hospital mortality from HA-sepsis.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08839441
Volume :
51
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Journal of Critical Care
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs48591931
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.02.023