Nationwide case-control study of risk factors and outcomes for community-acquired sepsis

Sepsis is the main cause of death in the intensive care units (ICU) and increasing incidences of ICU admissions for sepsis are reported. Identification of patients at risk for sepsis and poor outcome is therefore of outmost importance. We performed a nation-wide case-control study aiming at identifying and quantifying the association between co-morbidity and socio-economic factors with intensive care admission for community-acquired sepsis. We also explored 30-day mortality. All adult patients (n=10,072) with sepsis admitted from an emergency department to an intensive care unit in Sweden between 2008 and 2017 and a control population (n=50,322), matched on age, sex and county were included. In the sepsis group, 69% had a co-morbid condition at ICU admission, compared to 31% in the control group. Multivariable conditional logistic regression analysis was performed and there was a large variation in the influence of different risk factors associated with ICU-admission, renal disease, liver disease, metastatic malignancy, substance abuse, and congestive heart failure showed the strongest associations. Low income and low education level were more common in sepsis patients compared to controls. The adjusted OR for 30-day mortality for sepsis patients was 132 (95% CI 110-159) compared to controls.

Eriksson, MikaelKarolinska Institutet,Uppsala universitet,Anestesiologi och intensivvård,Karolinska Inst, Dept Physiol & Pharmacol, Sect Anaesthesiol & Intens Care Med, Stockholm, Sweden.(Swepub:uu)miker272 (författare)
Martensson, JohanKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Oldner, AndersKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Larsson, EmmaKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Karolinska InstitutetAnestesiologi och intensivvård (creator_code:org_t)

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