Background Severe sepsis is recognized as an inflammatory response causing organ
dysfunction in patients with infection. Antimicrobial therapy is the mainstay of treatment …

Background Severe sepsis is a common cause for admission to the general medical ward.
Previous work has demonstrated substantial new long-term disability in patients with severe …

Background Sepsis is a major healthcare challenge globally. However, epidemiologic data
based on population studies are scarce. Methods During a 9-month prospective, population …

Background: Severe sepsis and septic shock have a high 30-day mortality (10–50%), but the
long-term mortality is not well described. The purpose of this study was to describe long-term …

Background: Severe sepsis remains the most common cause of death in intensive care units
(ICUs) according to many epidemiological studies. There are no data in Poland on the …

Background Although severe sepsis constitutes an important burden for healthcare systems,
there is limited nationwide data on its epidemiology in European countries. Our objective …

Objective To determine the incidence and outcome of severe sepsis in the adult Finnish
population and to evaluate how treatment guidelines in severe sepsis are applied in clinical …

Objective To determine the population incidence and outcome of severe sepsis occurring in
adult patients treated in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units (ICUs), and …

BACKGROUND Severe sepsis is a common, costly, and complex problem, the epidemiology
of which has only been well studied in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, nearly half of …

Purpose: To determine the risk factors on hospital mortality in patients with community-
acquired severe sepsis and septic shock in the first 24 hours after admission to the intensive …